TY  - JOUR
AU  - Winchen, T.
AU  - Kemna, A.
AU  - Vereecken, H.
AU  - Huisman, J. A.
TI  - Characterization of bimodal facies distributions using effective anisotropic complex resistivity: A 2D numerical study based on Cole-Cole models
JO  - Geophysics
VL  - 74
SN  - 0016-8033
CY  - Tulsa, Okla.
PB  - SEG
M1  - PreJuSER-4507
SP  - A19 - A22
PY  - 2009
N1  - We are grateful for financial support by the SFBTR 32 "Pattern in soil-vegetation-atmosphere systems: Monitoring, modeling, and data assimilation," funded by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG). We also thank three anonymous reviewers whose comments helped to improve the manuscript.
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:000265884800002
DO  - DOI:10.1190/1.3113986
UR  - https://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/4507
ER  -