The study of tear film function in Graves disease / 中国医师进修杂志
Chinese Journal of Postgraduates of Medicine
;
(36): 10-12, 2008.
Article
in Chinese
| WPRIM
| ID: wpr-400675
ABSTRACT
Objective To investigate the tear fdm function with Graves disease.Methods Seven-ty-eight patients with Graves disease were studied respectiveIy,40 cases healthy person as contr01.Tear film function Was evaluated by tear break-up time(TBUT),Schirmer I test(SIT),corneal fluorescein staining,dry eye and unwell symptoms.Results The difference of TBUT and SIT resultsbetweenpatients and con-trois were significant(P<0.05).The rate ofTBUT,corneal fluorescein staining and symptom ofdry eye in patients were significantly higher than those in controls.Conclusions Graves disease patients have higher rate of abnormal tear film function in comparison with controls.Graves disease are correlated with xerophthalmia.
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Chinese
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Chinese Journal of Postgraduates of Medicine
Year:
2008
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