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Retinal nerve fiber layer thickness in vitiligo patients

BACKGROUND: This study was designed to investigate the effect of vitiligo on the retinal nerve fiber layer (RNFL) thickness. MATERIALS AND METHODS: This prospective study was conducted in the Department of Ophthalmology at Kırıkkale University during 2010 and 2011. Sixty eight eyes of 34 vitiligo pa...

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Autores principales: Örnek, Nurgül, Onaran, Zafer, Koçak, Mukadder, Örnek, Kemal
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3810575/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24174946
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author Örnek, Nurgül
Onaran, Zafer
Koçak, Mukadder
Örnek, Kemal
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description BACKGROUND: This study was designed to investigate the effect of vitiligo on the retinal nerve fiber layer (RNFL) thickness. MATERIALS AND METHODS: This prospective study was conducted in the Department of Ophthalmology at Kırıkkale University during 2010 and 2011. Sixty eight eyes of 34 vitiligo patients were included in the study. Eighty four eyes were served as control. RNFL thickness was measured by scanning laser polarimetry (Nerve Fiber Analyzer, GDx VCC: 5.3.3; Laser Diagnostic Technologies, San Diego, CA, USA). RESULTS: The mean duration of vitiligo was found to be 9.8 ± 2.3 years. The mean average RNFL thickness outside the disc margin was significantly lower in the right eyes of vitiligo group in comparison to the controls (P = 0.02). The mean average thickness of RNFL beneath the measuring ellipse in the superior sector of both eyes were significantly lower than the controls (P = 0.004, P = 0.008, respectively). The topographical distributions of RNFL thickness in superior, inferior, nasal and temporal quadrants were similar for two groups. CONCLUSION: RNFL thickness seems to be unaffected in vitiligo patients.
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spelling pubmed-38105752013-10-30 Retinal nerve fiber layer thickness in vitiligo patients Örnek, Nurgül Onaran, Zafer Koçak, Mukadder Örnek, Kemal J Res Med Sci Original Article BACKGROUND: This study was designed to investigate the effect of vitiligo on the retinal nerve fiber layer (RNFL) thickness. MATERIALS AND METHODS: This prospective study was conducted in the Department of Ophthalmology at Kırıkkale University during 2010 and 2011. Sixty eight eyes of 34 vitiligo patients were included in the study. Eighty four eyes were served as control. RNFL thickness was measured by scanning laser polarimetry (Nerve Fiber Analyzer, GDx VCC: 5.3.3; Laser Diagnostic Technologies, San Diego, CA, USA). RESULTS: The mean duration of vitiligo was found to be 9.8 ± 2.3 years. The mean average RNFL thickness outside the disc margin was significantly lower in the right eyes of vitiligo group in comparison to the controls (P = 0.02). The mean average thickness of RNFL beneath the measuring ellipse in the superior sector of both eyes were significantly lower than the controls (P = 0.004, P = 0.008, respectively). The topographical distributions of RNFL thickness in superior, inferior, nasal and temporal quadrants were similar for two groups. CONCLUSION: RNFL thickness seems to be unaffected in vitiligo patients. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2013-05 /pmc/articles/PMC3810575/ /pubmed/24174946 Text en Copyright: © Journal of Research in Medical Sciences http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Örnek, Nurgül
Onaran, Zafer
Koçak, Mukadder
Örnek, Kemal
Retinal nerve fiber layer thickness in vitiligo patients
title Retinal nerve fiber layer thickness in vitiligo patients
title_full Retinal nerve fiber layer thickness in vitiligo patients
title_fullStr Retinal nerve fiber layer thickness in vitiligo patients
title_full_unstemmed Retinal nerve fiber layer thickness in vitiligo patients
title_short Retinal nerve fiber layer thickness in vitiligo patients
title_sort retinal nerve fiber layer thickness in vitiligo patients
topic Original Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3810575/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24174946
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