Current evidence suggests that older women are at risk for glaucoma and glaucoma
blindness. Further interdisciplinary research involving investigators, specialized in …

Dissimilarities in ocular physiopathology exist between human males and females. These
differences can be observed in the lacrimal and other eye-associated glands, the ocular …

Aim Gonadal hormones are essential for reproductive function, but can act on neural and
other organ systems, and are probably the cause of the large majority of known sex …

The main objective of this report is to encourage consistent quality of testing and reporting
within and between centres that use colour Doppler imaging (CDI) for assessment of …

Sex hormones are molecules produced by the gonads and to a small extent by the adrenal
gland, which not only determine the primary and secondary sexual characteristics of an …

Aim: This review article presents a comprehensive overview of the literature on sex
hormones (estrogens, androgens, progesterone) and optic nerve disorders, with a …

Gender medicine has been a major focus of research in recent years. The present review
focuses on gender differences in the epidemiology of the most frequent ocular diseases that …

Glaucoma, primarily a disease of the older population, may affect women of childbearing
age. Pregnancy affects the intraocular pressure (IOP) of women with pre-existing glaucoma …

The mouse model of laser-induced choroidal neovascularization (LI-CNV) has been widely
used to study neovascular age-related macular degeneration; however, it still lacks a …

Objective. Estrogen may have adverse effects on the ocular surface, intraocular pressure
(IOP), lens opacity and tear function. The aim of the present study was to elucidate the …