Reduced corneal thickness values in postmenopausal women with dry eye

Cornea

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 39-44

  Sanchis Gimeno, Juan Alberto ^a,b,c   Lleó Pérez, Antonio ^b   Alonso, Luis ^b   Rahhal, M S ^b   Martínez Soriano, Francisco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^b Rahhal Ophthalmology Clinic   (Spain)

^c NONE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cornea; Dry eye; Menopause; Orbscan; Pachymetry

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CORNEA PHOTOABLATION; CORNEA SURGERY; CORNEA THICKNESS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DRY EYE; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEIBOMIAN GLAND; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFERENCE VALUE; SCHIRMER TEST; STAINING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STUDENT T TEST;

BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; CORNEA; CORNEAL TOPOGRAPHY; DRY EYE SYNDROMES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MEIBOMIAN GLANDS; MIDDLE AGED; POSTMENOPAUSE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TEARS;

EID: 11144228247     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ico.0000138836.45070.0f     Document Type: Article

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