Investigation of tear osmolarity in early rheumatoid arthritis: relation to disease activity

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Turkyilmaz K., TURKYILMAZ A. K., KURT A., KURT E. E., SEVIM M. S., ONER V.

CANADIAN JOURNAL OF OPHTHALMOLOGY-JOURNAL CANADIEN D OPHTALMOLOGIE, vol.48, no.4, pp.235-239, 2013 (SCI-Expanded)

• Publication Type: Article / Article
• Volume: 48 Issue: 4
• Publication Date: 2013
• Doi Number: 10.1016/j.jcjo.2013.03.014
• Journal Name: CANADIAN JOURNAL OF OPHTHALMOLOGY-JOURNAL CANADIEN D OPHTALMOLOGIE
• Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
• Page Numbers: pp.235-239
• Recep Tayyip Erdoğan University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Objective: To investigate the frequency of dry eye (DE) by measuring tear osmolarity (TO) with the recently introduced TearLab system (TearLab Corp, San Diego, Calif.) in patients with early rheumatoid arthritis (ERA) and the relationship between the severity of DE and ERA disease activity.