Hyperthyroidism and severity of orbital disease do not change the central corneal thickness in Graves' ophthalmopathy

European Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 125-127

  Konuk, Onur ^a,b   Aktas, Z ^a   Aksoy, S ^a   Onol, M ^a   Unal, M ^a  

^a GAZI UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^b NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Central corneal thickness; Graves disease; Graves ophthalmopathy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMICROSCOPY; COLOR VISION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA THICKNESS; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENDOCRINE OPHTHALMOPATHY; EXOPHTHALMOS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTHYROIDISM; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; ORBIT DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUPIL REFLEX; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 41149114547     PISSN: 11206721     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/112067210801800121     Document Type: Article

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