Central corneal thickness is lower in osteogenesis imperfecta and negatively correlates with the presence of blue sclera

Ophthalmic and Physiological Optics

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 511-515

  Evereklioglu, Cem ^a,b   Madenci, Ercan ^a   Bayazit, Yildirim A ^a   Yilmaz, Kutluhan ^a   Balat, Ayşe ^a   Bekir, Necdet A ^a  

^a GAZIANTEP UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Central corneal thickness; Osteogenesis imperfecta; Ultrasound pachymeter

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA THICKNESS; EYE REFRACTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; KERATOMETRY; MALE; MYOPIA; OSTEOGENESIS IMPERFECTA; PACHOMETRY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCLERA; SEX RATIO; ADOLESCENT; COLOR; CORNEA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; COLOR; CORNEA; CORNEAL TOPOGRAPHY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; OSTEOGENESIS IMPERFECTA; SCLERA;

EID: 0036831828     PISSN: 02755408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1475-1313.2002.00062.x     Document Type: Article

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