Prevalence of dry eye diseases in hospital-based population in West Bengal, Eastern India

Journal of the Indian Medical Association

Volumn 110, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 789-794

  Basak, Samar K ^a,b   Pal, Partha Pratim ^a   Basak, Soham ^a,c   Bandyopadhyay, Abhijit ^a   Choudhury, Sumit ^a   Sar, Suchanda ^a  

^a Disha Eye Hospitals and Research Centre   (India)

^b Department of Cornea and External Eye Diseases ^*  (India)

^c KASTURBA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Dry eye diseases; Eastern India; Hospital based population; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; ANXIOLYTIC AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM; COLLAGEN; ORAL ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; ROSE BENGAL; VITAMIN;

ADULT; AGED; ALLERGIC DISEASE; ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRY EYE; EYELID DISEASE; FEMALE; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SCHIRMER TEST; SJOEGREN SYNDROME; SLIT LAMP; TEAR FILM; VASCULAR DISEASE;

EID: 84871766192     PISSN: 00195847     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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