Total testosterone level in postmenopausal women with dry eye;Nível de testosterona total em mulheres pós-menopausa com olho seco

Arquivos Brasileiros de Oftalmologia

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 465-469

  Duarte, Maria Cecília Barros ^a,b   Pinto, Natércia Trindade ^a   Moreira, Hamilton ^a   Moreira, Ana Tereza Ramos ^a   Wasilewski, Daniel ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

^b UFPR ^*  (Brazil)

Author keywords

Dry eye syndromes; Hormones; Postmenopause; Questionaires; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

EID: 37349004470     PISSN: 00042749     EISSN: 16782925     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0004-27492007000300014     Document Type: Article

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