Assessing posterior ocular structures in β-thalassemia minor

Purpose The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of β-thalassemia minor on choroidal, macular, and peripapillary retinal nerve fiber layer thickness. Methods To form the sample, we recruited 40 patients with β-thalassemia minor and 44 healthy participants. We used spectral-domain optical...

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Published in:	International ophthalmology Vol. 38; no. 1; pp. 119 - 125
Main Authors:	Arifoglu, Hasan Basri, Kucuk, Bekir, Duru, Necati, Altunel, Orhan, Gulhan, Ahmet, Ozen, Mustafa, Aygun, Bilal, Atas, Mustafa
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Dordrecht Springer Netherlands 01-02-2018 Springer Nature B.V
Subjects:	Adult beta-Thalassemia - pathology Case-Control Studies Choroid - pathology Cornea Correlation analysis Cross-Sectional Studies Female Hemoglobin Humans Intraocular pressure Macula Lutea - pathology Male Medicine Medicine & Public Health Middle Aged Nerve Fibers - pathology Ophthalmology Optical Coherence Tomography Original Paper Patients Quadrants Retina Retina - physiology Statistical analysis Statistical significance Thalassemia Thickness Tomography, Optical Coherence - methods RNFL thickness Macular thickness Choroidal thickness EDI-OCT β-thalassemia minor
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