Low levels of 17-β-oestradiol, oestrone and testosterone correlate with severe evaporative dysfunctional tear syndrome in postmenopausal women: A case-control study

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 98, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 371-376

  Gagliano, Caterina ^a,b   Caruso, Salvatore ^a   Napolitano, Giuseppe ^b   Malaguarnera, Giulia ^a   Cicinelli, Maria Vittoria ^b   Amato, Roberta ^a,b   Reibaldi, Michele ^a   Incarbone, Giuseppe ^c   Bucolo, Claudio ^a   Drago, Filippo ^a   Avitabile, Teresio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^b Neurovisual Science Technology (NEST)   (Italy)

^c ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSTIC TESTS/INVESTIGATION; OCULAR SURFACE; PHARMACOLOGY; TEARS;

BLOOD GLUCOSE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DRY EYE SYNDROMES; ESTRADIOL; ESTRONE; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; HUMANS; LIPIDS; MIDDLE AGED; OSMOLAR CONCENTRATION; POSTMENOPAUSE; QUESTIONNAIRES; TEARS; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 84894044611     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: 14682079     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjophthalmol-2012-302705     Document Type: Article

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