Background: many of autoimmune diseases associated with ophthalmological complication, such as Peripheral ulcerative keratitis. Objective: to evaluate the potential changes in the peripheral corneal thickness in selected rheumatic autoimmune diseases. Patients and Methods: a case control study was been held in Al-Azhar University Hospitals on 80 eyes for 40 patients and subjects. The patients and subjects was been examined by Pentacam examination. Results: as regard peripheral corneal thickness, the mean peripheral thickness of RA patients was 668.6 ± 32.1 micron, the mean peripheral thickness of SLE patients was 667.5 ± 34.8 micron, the mean peripheral thickness of SNA patients was 637.8 ± 86.7 micron and the mean peripheral thickness of control patients was 681.2 ± 12.8 micron (p-value = 0.045). Conclusion: the peripheral corneal thickness was thinner in autoimmune patients than in normal subjects.
Kamel, A. I., Khalil, M. M., Abdallah, H. G., & Ragheb, M. H. (2019). Topographic Study of Corneal Periphery in Selected Rheumatic Diseases. The Egyptian Journal of Hospital Medicine, 76(5), 4106-4109. doi: 10.21608/ejhm.2019.42653
MLA
Ahmed I. Kamel; Mahmoud M. Khalil; Hatem G. Abdallah; Mohammed H. Ragheb. "Topographic Study of Corneal Periphery in Selected Rheumatic Diseases", The Egyptian Journal of Hospital Medicine, 76, 5, 2019, 4106-4109. doi: 10.21608/ejhm.2019.42653
HARVARD
Kamel, A. I., Khalil, M. M., Abdallah, H. G., Ragheb, M. H. (2019). 'Topographic Study of Corneal Periphery in Selected Rheumatic Diseases', The Egyptian Journal of Hospital Medicine, 76(5), pp. 4106-4109. doi: 10.21608/ejhm.2019.42653
VANCOUVER
Kamel, A. I., Khalil, M. M., Abdallah, H. G., Ragheb, M. H. Topographic Study of Corneal Periphery in Selected Rheumatic Diseases. The Egyptian Journal of Hospital Medicine, 2019; 76(5): 4106-4109. doi: 10.21608/ejhm.2019.42653
)
View on SCiNiTO