Lens Opacities in Women in Beaver Dam, Wisconsin: is There Evidence of an Effect of Sex Hormones?

Overview

Journal Trans Am Ophthalmol Soc

Specialty Ophthalmology

Date 1993 Jan 1

PMID 8140704

Citations 10

Authors

B E Klein

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Abstract

Analyses reported here suggest a protective effect of estrogen status on lens opacities, which are very common in adult Americans. Clinical trials are currently underway to assess protective effects of past menopausal estrogens on other disease. Evaluation of lenses of the participants would shed light on effects in the lens.

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