TY  - JOUR
AU  - Chen, J.
AU  - Kemna, A.
AU  - Hubbard, S. S.
TI  - A comparison between Gauss-Newton and Markov-chain Monte Carlo-based methods  for inverting spectral induced-polarization data for Cole-Cole parameters more options
JO  - Geophysics
VL  - 73
SN  - 0016-8033
CY  - Tulsa, Okla.
PB  - SEG
M1  - PreJuSER-3300
SP  - 247 - 259
PY  - 2008
N1  - This study was funded by the Department of Energy, Environmental Remediation Science Program (ERSP) grant DE-AC0376SF00098 to Susan Hubbard. We thank Martin Munch (formerly ICG-4, Forschungszentrum Julich, Germany) and Odilia Esser (ICG-4, Forschungszentrum Julich, Germany) who helped with the laboratory SIP measurements included in this study. We also thank the associate editor Dr. John Bradford, Dr. Louise Pellerin, and two anonymous reviewers for their insightful comments and suggestions.
AB  - To determine the prevalence of conjunctivochalasis in patients with immune thyroid diseases, to determine whether there is any association between the 2 diseases, and to determine cytologic study of conjunctivochalasis through the cytology impression test.A clinical prospective cohort study carried out by the External Diseases Department in the Ophthalmology Sector and the Thyroid Department in the Endocrinology Sector at Federal University of Sao Paulo (UNIFESP). The patients included were divided into 2 groups following these inclusion criteria: a control group of 25 patients without thyroid diseases, confirmed after clinical and laboratory examinations (thyroid hormones), or any other ocular diseases. The study group consisted of 31 patients with thyroid diseases, the diagnosis of which was confirmed by the Endocrinology Sector. The thyroidopathies included were autoimmune diseases but excluded nonautoimmune diseases. A protocol endorsed by the UNIFESP was followed, using clinical and ophthalmological history, biomicroscopy, and impression cytology.Fifty-two percent of patients without thyroid diseases and 88% of patients with thyroid diseases presented with conjunctivochalasis. The risk ratio was 1.705 (Pr > chi(2) = 0.0038), indicating that there is an association between them. For the impression cytology in inferior bulbar conjunctiva, there was an association between the result of the impression cytology and conjunctivochalasis (Pearson chi(2) = 10.1190 Pr = 0.006).The prevalence of conjunctivochalasis in patients with autoimmune thyroid diseases was 88%. Patients with autoimmune thyroidopathy presented higher percentages of conjunctivochalasis than the control group, confirming the association between them. The cytologic study showed the highest prevalence of abnormal surface features in eyes with conjunctivochalasis.
KW  - Adult
KW  - Aged
KW  - Conjunctiva: pathology
KW  - Diagnosis, Differential
KW  - Follow-Up Studies
KW  - Humans
KW  - Keratoconjunctivitis Sicca: epidemiology
KW  - Keratoconjunctivitis Sicca: etiology
KW  - Keratoconjunctivitis Sicca: pathology
KW  - Middle Aged
KW  - Prevalence
KW  - Prospective Studies
KW  - Severity of Illness Index
KW  - Thyroiditis, Autoimmune: complications
KW  - Thyroiditis, Autoimmune: pathology
KW  - J (WoSType)
LB  - PUB:(DE-HGF)16
C6  - pmid:17068455
UR  - <Go to ISI:>//WOS:000261211600012
DO  - DOI:10.1190/1.2976115
UR  - https://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/3300
ER  -