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...
