Ophthalmological changes among patients of rheumatoid arthritis

ABSTRACT

Twenty-five patients of rheumatoid arthritis, 19 females and six males, aged 26-48 years, non-complaining of ocular symptoms, were subjected to clinical examination, serological investigations, and ophtalmological evaluation for criteris of dry eye Shirmer test, staining of cornea or conjunctiva with rose bengal, tear film break-up time [B.T.U.], tear crystallisation and conjunctival impression cytology