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Choroidal thickness in eyes with different degrees of myopia
- Authors: Astakhov Y.S.1, Belekhova S.G.1
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- I. P. Pavlov State Medical University of St. Petersburg
- Issue: Vol 6, No 4 (2013)
- Pages: 34-38
- Section: Articles
- URL: https://journals.eco-vector.com/ov/article/view/362
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.17816/OV2013434-38
- ID: 362
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Abstract
66 healthy people (124 eyes) with different degrees of myopia and emmetropia were examined using enhanced depth imaging optical coherence tomography (EDI-OCT) using the “Spectralis OCT”. It was found that the choroid in subjects with medium and high degrees of myopia was significantly thinner than that in the control group. In the study, a negative correlation was found between the subfoveal choroidal thickness and the degree of myopia (r = -0.75, p < 0.0001). It was also found that the subfoveal choroidal thickness decreased for each diopter of myopia by approximately 18.03 μm.
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Yuriy Sergeyevich Astakhov
I. P. Pavlov State Medical University of St. Petersburg
Email: astakhov73@mail.ru
MD, doctor of medical science, professor, head of the department
Svetlana Georgiyevna Belekhova
I. P. Pavlov State Medical University of St. Petersburg
Email: beleksv@yandex.ru
Postgraduate student. Department of Ophthalmology
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