Changes in intraocular pressure and corneal and retinal nerve fiber layer thicknesses in hypothyroidism

European Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 556-561

  Bahçeci̊, Umut Asli ^a,b   Ozdek S ^a   Pehlivanli, Z ^a   Yetkin, I ^a   Onol M ^a  

^a GAZI UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^b Ophthalmology 34 ^*  (Turkey)

Author keywords

Corneal thickness; Hypothyroidism; Intraocular pressure; Retinal nerve fiber layer thickness

Indexed keywords

LEVOTHYROXINE; LIOTHYRONINE; THYROID HORMONE; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

ADULT; AGED; ANTERIOR EYE SEGMENT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORNEA; EVALUATION; EYE FUNDUS; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; HYPOTHYROIDISM; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE ABNORMALITY; LIOTHYRONINE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; POLARIMETER; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA NERVE CELL; THICKNESS; THYROTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; THYROXINE BLOOD LEVEL; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL SYSTEM EXAMINATION; WILCOXON SIGNED RANKS TEST;

EID: 26444526686     PISSN: 11206721     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/112067210501500506     Document Type: Article

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