Journal article
Immunohistochemical evidence for estrogen receptors in meibomian glands
Abstract
PURPOSE: To look for sex hormone receptor distribution in three structures contributing to the normal human tear film: the conjunctiva, the accessory lacrimal glands, and the meibomian glands.
DESIGN: An immunohistochemical study. TISSUES AND CONTROLS: Forty-one upper eyelid specimens were collected from 15 male and 26 female patients (age range, 1.5-85 years) during blepharoptosis surgery via posterior tarsoconjunctival mullerectomy …
Authors
Esmaeli B; Harvey JT; Hewlett B
Journal
Ophthalmology, Vol. 107, No. 1, pp. 180–184
Publisher
Elsevier
Publication Date
January 2000
DOI
10.1016/s0161-6420(99)00040-8
ISSN
0161-6420