Variations in central corneal thickness during the menstrual cycle in women

Cornea

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 144-146

  Giuffrè, Giuseppe ^a   Di Rosa, Luigi ^a   Fiorino, Fabio ^a   Bubella, Daniele Morreale ^a   Lodato, Gaetano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Central corneal thickness; Estrogens; Menstrual cycle; Pachymetry

Indexed keywords

LUTEINIZING HORMONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA; CORNEA THICKNESS; FEMALE; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; NORMAL HUMAN; OPTOMETRY; OVULATION; PACHYMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; URINALYSIS; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADULT; BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; CORNEA; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; REFERENCE VALUES; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 33846519359     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ico.0000244873.08127.3c     Document Type: Article

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