Assessing the severity of conjunctivochalasis in a senile population: A community-based epidemiology study in Shanghai, China

BMC Public Health

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Zhang, Xingru ^a   Li, Qingsong ^a   Zou, Haidong ^b   Peng, Jinjuan ^b   Shi, Caicai ^a   Zhou, Huanming ^a   Zhang, Guili ^a   Xiang, Minhong ^a   Li, Yijie ^a  

^a Putuo Hospital   (China)

^b SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CHINA; CLASSIFICATION; CONJUNCTIVA DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; CHINA; CONJUNCTIVAL DISEASES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 79953167544     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-11-198     Document Type: Article

References (23)

1. Conjunctivochalasis. WL Hughes, Am J Ophthalmol 1942 25 48 51
2. Conjunctivochalasis. A cause of tearing and its management. D Liu, Ophthal Plast Reconstr Surg 1986 2 25 28 10.1097/00002341-198601040-00005 3154534 (Pubitemid 16083960)
3. Lid-parallel conjunctival folds are a sure diagnostic sign of dry eye. H Höh F Schirra C Kienecker KW Ruprecht, Ophthalmologe 1995 2 802 808 (Pubitemid 26027999)
4. Conjunctivochalasis: literature review and possible pathophysiology. D Meller SC Tseng, Surv Ophthalmol 1998 43 225 232 10.1016/S0039-6257(98)00037-X 9862310 (Pubitemid 28558271)
5. Clinical impact of conjunctivochalasis on the ocular surface. N Yokoi A Komuro M Nishii K Inagaki H Tanioka S Kawasaki S Kinoshita, Cornea 2005 24 24 S31 10.1097/01.ico.0000178740.14212.1a 16227820
6. Clinical characteristics of conjunctivochalasis with or without aqueous tear deficiency. MA Di Pascuale EM Espana T Kawakita SC Tseng, Br J Ophthalmol 2004 88 388 392 10.1136/bjo.2003.025460 14977775 (Pubitemid 38333720)
7. Changes of Conjunctivochalasis with Age in a Hospital-Based Study. T Mimura S Yamagami T Usui H Funatsu Y Mimura H Noma N Honda S Amano, Am J Ophthalmol 2009 147 171 177 10.1016/j.ajo.2008.07.010 18775527
8. Epidemiologic study of conjunctivochalasis in populations equal or over 60 years old in Caoyangxincun community of Shanghai, China. QS Li XR Zhang HD Zou JJ Peng CC Shi HM Zhou GL Zhang MH Xiang YJ Li, Zhonghua Yan Ke Za Zhi 2009 45 793 798 20137283
9. The analysis of histopathology of Conjunctivochalasis. XR Zhang RX Cai BH Wang QS Li YX Liu Y Xu, Zhonghua Yan Ke Za Zhi 2004 40 37 39 14989959
10. Mean visual acuity (letter). JT Holladay TC Prager, Am J Ophthalmol 1991 111 372 374 2000910
11. Clinicopathologic study of conjunctivochalasis. A Watanabe N Yokoi S Kinoshita Y Hino Y Tsuchihashi, Cornea 2004 23 294 298 10.1097/00003226- 200404000-00013 15084864 (Pubitemid 38401907)
12. The role of oxidative stress and inflammation in conjunctivochalasis. SK Ward TH Wakamatsu M Dogru OM Ibrahim M Kaido Y Ogawa Y Matsumoto A Igarashi R Ishida J Shimazaki C Schnider K Negishi C Katakami K Tsubota, Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 2010 51 1994 2002 10.1167/iovs.09-4130 20019361
13. Conjunctivochalasis and contact lenses. T Mimura T Usui H Yamamoto S Yamagami H Funatsu H Noma N Honda S Fukuoka S Amano, Am J Ophthalmol 2009 148 20 25 10.1016/j.ajo.2009.02.018 19403112
14. Grading conjunctivochalasis. DE Eifrig, Surv Ophthalmol 1999 44 93 94 10466593
15. Delayed tear clearance in patients with conjunctivochalasis is associated with punctal occlusion. C Erdogan-Poyraz MC Mocan M Irkec M Orhan, Cornea 2007 26 290 293 10.1097/ICO.0b013e31802e1e24 17413955 (Pubitemid 46568828)
16. Conjunctival pleating and keratoconjunctivitis sicca. RB Grene, Cornea 1991 10 367 368 10.1097/00003226-199107000-00015 1889225
17. The impact of nasal conjunctivochalasis on tear functions and ocular surface findings. Y Wang M Dogru Y Matsumoto SK Ward I Ayako Y Hu N Okada Y Ogawa J Shimazaki K Tsubota, Am J Ophthalmol 2007 144 930 937 10.1016/j.ajo.2007.07.037 17916317
18. Amniotic membrane transplantation with fibrin glue as treatment of refractory conjunctivochalasis. A Fernndez-Hortelano J Moreno- Montãés H Heras-Mulero LM Sadaba-Echarri, Arch Soc Esp Oftalmol 2007 82 571 574 17846950
19. Novel use of fibrin glue in the treatment of conjunctivochalasis. E Brodbaker I Bahar AR Slomovic, Cornea 2008 27 950 952 10.1097/ICO. 0b013e31816de209 18724161
20. Effect of ocular surface reconstruction by using amniotic membrane transplant for symptomatic conjunctivochalasis on fluorescein clearance test results. SL Maskin, Cornea 2008 27 644 649 18580254
21. Triple classification of diagnosis of dry eyes. J Murube, Ocul Surf 2008 6 61 69 18418503 (Pubitemid 351902624)
22. Characteristics and etiology of conjunctivochalasis: historical perspective. J Murube, Ocul Surf 2005 3 7 14 17131001
23. Clinicopathologic study of conjunctivochalasis. DG Chan IC Francis M Filipic MT Coroneo J Yong, Cornea 2005 24 634 10.1097/01.ico.0000157653.91093.30 15968178