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Evaluation of Corneal Epithelial Thickness and Dry Eye Disease Tests in Thalassemic Adolescents

PURPOSE: To assess dry eye disease (DED) in thalassemic adolescents by evaluating corneal epithelial thickness (CET) and various dry eye clinical tests and correlate them to tissue iron overload. METHODS: The study included 120 Beta-thalassemia patients (11 to 18 years) and 120 matched controls. CET...

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Autores principales: Ebeid, Weam Mohamed, Kenny, Mahmoud Adel, Badran, Tamer AbdelFattah
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Dove 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8040687/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33854296
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/OPTH.S276335