Is intraocular pressure in myotonic dystrophy patients spuriously low?

Israel Medical Association Journal

Volumn 10, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 699-701

  Kesler, Anat ^a,d   Berkner, Lior ^a,d   Sadeh, Menachem ^b,d   Levite, Ronen ^c,d   Varssano, David ^a,d  

^a TEL AVIV SOURASKY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b WOLFSON MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^c MEIR MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^d TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Applanation tonometry; Corneal curvature; Corneal thickness; Myotonic dystrophy type 1; Ocular hypotony

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CELL DENSITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA THICKNESS; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR HYPOTENSION; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; KERATOMETRY; MALE; MYOTONIC DYSTROPHY; OCULOPLETHYSMOGRAPHY; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CELL COUNT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORNEA; CORNEA DISEASE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HOSPITALIZATION; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROGNOSIS;

ADULT; CELL COUNT; CORNEA; CORNEAL DISEASES; CORNEAL TOPOGRAPHY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOTONIC DYSTROPHY; PROGNOSIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TONOMETRY, OCULAR;

EID: 58149159809     PISSN: 15651088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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