Clinical signs and symptoms in post-menopausal females with symptoms of dry eye

Ophthalmic and Physiological Optics

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 365-372

  Srinivasan, Sruthi ^a   Joyce, Elizabeth ^a   Senchyna, Michelle ^b   Simpson, Trefford ^a   Jones, Lyndon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b ALCON RESEARCH LTD   (United States)

Author keywords

Dry eye; Non invasive tear break up time; Ocular hyperaemia; Phenol red thread; Post menopausal women; Questionnaires

Indexed keywords

PHENOLSULFONPHTHALEIN;

ADULT; AGED; ALLERGAN OCULAR SURFACE DISEASE INDEX; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONJUNCTIVA; DRY EYE; FEMALE; FUNCTION TEST; HUMAN; HYPEREMIA; LACRIMAL FLUID; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENOPAUSAL SYNDROME; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; SYMPTOM;

AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CONJUNCTIVA; FEMALE; HUMANS; KERATOCONJUNCTIVITIS SICCA; MIDDLE AGED; POSTMENOPAUSE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TEARS;

EID: 45349094518     PISSN: 02755408     EISSN: 14751313     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-1313.2008.00580.x     Document Type: Article

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