Vavilis D, Maloutas S, Nasioutziki M, Boni E, Bontis J
Second Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Aristotelian University of Thessalonoiki, Greece.
Acta Obstet Gynecol Scand. 1995 Nov;74(10):799-802. doi: 10.3109/00016349509021200.
To investigate whether the conjunctival epithelium shows cyclical maturation changes during the ovarian cycle and to study the cytological appearance of the conjunctiva in postmenopausal and pregnant women.
Fifteen menstruating women with ovulatory cycles, ten postmenopausal women, and twelve pregnant women in the second or the third trimester of their pregnancy.
Conjunctival and vaginal smears were taken on a near-daily basis.
The percentage of the parabasal, the intermediate and the superficial cells (Maturation Index) in each specimen was determined.
In the conjunctival smears of the menstruating women cyclical maturation changes were noted. These changes were parallel to those of the vaginal smears, but to a minor degree. No cyclical changes were found in either the postmenopausal women or in the pregnant women, showing an extreme shift to the left in the Maturation Index.
Conjunctiva appears to be a relatively estrogen-sensitive epithelium.
研究结膜上皮在卵巢周期中是否呈现周期性成熟变化，并研究绝经后和孕妇结膜的细胞学表现。
15名有排卵周期的月经周期女性、10名绝经后女性以及12名处于妊娠中期或晚期的孕妇。
几乎每天采集结膜和阴道涂片。
确定每个标本中基底旁细胞、中间细胞和表层细胞的百分比（成熟指数）。
在月经周期女性的结膜涂片中观察到周期性成熟变化。这些变化与阴道涂片的变化平行，但程度较轻。绝经后女性和孕妇均未发现周期性变化，成熟指数均极度左移。
结膜似乎是一种相对对雌激素敏感的上皮。
