Androgen influence on the meibomian gland

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 41, Issue 12, 2000, Pages 3732-3742

  Sullivan, D A ^a   Sullivan, B D ^a   Ullman, M D ^a   Rocha, E M ^a   Krenzer, K L ^a   Cermak, J M ^a   Toda, I ^a   Doane, M G ^a   Evans, J E ^a   Wickham, L A ^a  

^a SCHEPENS EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN;

ANDROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; ANDROGEN METABOLISM; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERFEROMETRY; LIPID BILAYER; LIPID COMPOSITION; MEIBOMIAN GLAND; MESSENGER RNA SYNTHESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; RAT; TEAR FILM;

ANDROGENS; ANIMALS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GAS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; EPITHELIAL CELLS; FATTY ACIDS; FEMALE; INTERFEROMETRY; LIPID METABOLISM; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MEIBOMIAN GLANDS; NANDROLONE; RABBITS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, ANDROGEN; TEARS;

EID: 0033753879     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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