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

Turkyilmaz, KEMAL; TURKYILMAZ, AYŞEGÜL; KURT, Ali; KURT, Emine; SEVIM, Mehmet; ONER, Veysi

doi:10.1016/j.jcjo.2013.03.014

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, cilt.48, sa.4, ss.235-239, 2013 (SCI-Expanded)

Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
Cilt numarası: 48 Sayı: 4
Basım Tarihi: 2013
Doi Numarası: 10.1016/j.jcjo.2013.03.014
Dergi Adı: CANADIAN JOURNAL OF OPHTHALMOLOGY-JOURNAL CANADIEN D OPHTALMOLOGIE
Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
Sayfa Sayıları: ss.235-239
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

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.