[Lacrimal secretion in hormonal imbalance].
The aim of this study is the alteration of lacrimal secretion on a group of female patients with deregulations of the hormonal balance, by the influence of age factor. We have to mention that our female patients have no ocular pathology.


METHODS
The study was conducted on a group of patients aged between 20-70 years old, which has been kept in observation in the Endocrinology Clinic and Obstetrics-Gynecology Clinics of Emergency Hospital, during March-August 2003. Their lacrimal secretion was monitored by volumetric tests (Schirmer).


RESULTS
We studied the alteration of the lacrimal secretion on female patients with deregulations of the hormonal balance, by the influence of age factor.


CONCLUSIONS
It was recorded the alteration of lacrimal secretion on the female patients with aforementioned dysfunction, the age factor being influential.
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Clinica de Oftalmologie Craiova.
D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D000465:Algorithms; D004700:Endocrine System Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007037:Hypothyroidism / Q000503:physiopathology; D007765:Lacrimal Apparatus / Q000503:physiopathology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D010049:Ovarian Diseases / Q000503:physiopathology; D011247:Pregnancy; D012189:Retrospective Studies