Choroidal thickness in strabismus and amblyopia
1 June 2018
| Fiona Rowe (Prof)
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Paediatric Ophthalmology / Strabismus
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amblyopia, anisometropia, choroidal thickness, esotropia, exotropia
The authors examined the effect of exotropia, esotropia, anisometropic amblyopia and hypermetropia on choroidal thickness in a prospective cross section study. The study included 100 patients and 20 controls with a mean age of 8.5±2.9 years; 61 female and 59...
Choroidal and RNFL thickness in patients with OSAS
1 August 2015
| Anjali Gupta
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Retina / Uvea / Vitreous
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choroidal thickness, obstructive sleep apnoea syndrome, spectral-domain optical coherence tomography
In obstructive sleep apnoea syndrome (OSAS), hypoxia secondary to repetitive apnoeic episodes leads to blood pressure variations and haemodynamic changes. There is also intermittent activation of the sympathetic system when the patient is aroused from sleep during apnoeic episodes. OSAS...
