Evaluation of ocular surface damage and dry eye status in chronic hepatitis C at different stages of hepatic fibrosis

Cornea

Volumn 28, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 997-1002

  Gumus, Koray ^a,b   Yurci, Alper ^a   Mirza, Ertugrul ^a   Arda, Hatice ^a   Oner, Ayse ^a   Topaktas, Duygu ^a   Karakucuk, Sarper ^a  

^a ERCIYES UNIVERSITY MEDICAL FACULTY   (Turkey)

^b ERCIYES UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Chronic hepatitis C infection; HCV; Keratoconjunctivitis sicca; Ocular surface; Sj gren's syndrome

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCEIN; VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; AGED; ANESTHESIA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRY EYE; EYE INJURY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; KERATOCONJUNCTIVITIS SICCA; LACRIMATION; LIVER FIBROSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; STAINING; VIRUS LOAD;

ADULT; AGED; CORNEAL DISEASES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DRY EYE SYNDROMES; FEMALE; FLUOROPHOTOMETRY; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C, CHRONIC; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; RNA, VIRAL; TEARS; VIRAL LOAD;

EID: 70349736395     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ICO.0b013e3181a0a3c5     Document Type: Article

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