The influence of gender on the ocular surface

Optometry

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 182-186

  Connor, Charles G ^a   Flockender, Laura L ^a   Hall, Carol W ^a  

^a SOUTHERN COLLEGE OF OPTOMETRY   (United States)

Author keywords

Goblet cells; Impression cytology; Menstrual cycle; Mucin

Indexed keywords

ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONJUNCTIVA; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GOBLET CELL; HUMAN; MALE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; PHYSIOLOGY; REFERENCE VALUE; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

ADULT; CELL COUNT; CONJUNCTIVA; CONTRACEPTIVES, ORAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GOBLET CELLS; HUMANS; MALE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; REFERENCE VALUES; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 0033087716     PISSN: 15291839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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