K. Budak et al., THE EFFECTS OF ESTROGEN REPLACEMENT THERAPY ON CONJUNCTIVA AND LACRIMAL FUNCTIONS IN POSTMENOPAUSAL WOMEN, Annals of ophthalmology. Glaucoma, 30(5), 1998, pp. 286-289
This study investigated the effect of postmenopausal estrogen replacem
ent therapy on postmenopausal keratoconjunctivitis sicca, Testing was
performed on 51 eyes of postmenopausal women who had been taking estro
gen replacement therapy and 46 eyes of post- menopausal women without
such therapy. Although results indicate that estrogen replacement ther
apy probably does not modulate the conjunctival and lacrimal gland fun
ctions of postmenopausal women, further studies are needed.