State of science: choroidal thickness and systemic health

KA Tan, P Gupta, A Agarwal, J Chhablani… - Survey of …, 2016 - Elsevier
The choroid is a highly vascular structure; therefore, a wide range of systemic conditions can
affect it. Conversely, choroid health may also give us insight into systemic health. With the …

Choroidal and retinal thickness in systemic autoimmune and inflammatory diseases: a review

M Steiner, M del Mar Esteban-Ortega… - Survey of …, 2019 - Elsevier
To identify the risk of relapse and subclinical inflammatory stages of systemic autoimmune
diseases, new tools are needed. In the recent years, choroidal thickness and retinal …

The role of sex in uveitis and ocular inflammation

IYL Yeung, NA Popp, CC Chan - International ophthalmology …, 2015 - journals.lww.com
Background The burden of blindness worldwide is unequal with regards to sex, with women
accounting for 64.5% of blindness. 1 While some of this discrepancy can be explained by …

Evaluation of choroidal thickness in psoriasis using optical coherence tomography

FM Türkcü, A Şahin, H Yüksel, M Akkurt… - International …, 2016 - Springer
The purpose of this study was to evaluate choroidal thickness (CT) in patients with psoriasis
using enhanced depth imaging optical coherence tomography (EDI-OCT) and to determine …

Choroidal thickness in psoriasis

R Kılıç, A Kurt, E Acer, Ç Öktem, Ö Kocamış - International ophthalmology, 2017 - Springer
Our aim was to compare the choroidal thickness in psoriasis patients and age-and gender-
matched healthy volunteers. A total of 38 psoriasis cases and 38 age-and gender-matched …

Evaluation of the choroid, fovea, and retinal nerve fiber layer in patients with rheumatoid arthritis

M Tetikoglu, F Temizturk, HM Sagdik… - Ocular Immunology …, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
Purpose: To evaluate the effect of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) on choroid, retinal nerve fiber
layer (RNFL), and foveal thickness using spectral domain optical coherence tomography …

Decreased choroidal thickness in vitiligo patients

S Demirkan, Z Onaran, G Samav, F Özkal… - BMC …, 2018 - Springer
Background Vitiligo is a disease characterized by depigmented macules and patches that
occur as a result of the loss of functional melanocytes from the affected skin through a …

[HTML][HTML] Measurement and clinical implications of choroidal thickness in patients with inflammatory bowel disease

IK Onal, E Yuksel, K Bayrakceken, MM Demir… - Arquivos brasileiros de …, 2015 - SciELO Brasil
Purpose: Ocular inflammation is a frequent extraintestinal manifestation of inflammatory
bowel disease (IBD) and may parallel disease activity. In this study, we evaluated the utility …

Evaluation of the effects on choroidal thickness of bimatoprost 0.03% versus a brinzolamide 1.0%/timolol maleate 0.5% fixed combination

N Akyol, A Kalkisim, A Turk, M Kola… - Cutaneous and ocular …, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
Objective: To investigate the effects of two different medical treatment options on choroidal
thickness (CT) in cases of open-angle glaucoma (OAG). Methods: Sixty-seven eyes newly …

Choroidal change in acute anterior uveitis associated with human leukocyte antigen-B27

SJ Ahn, JH Kim, BR Lee - PLoS One, 2017 - journals.plos.org
Purpose To evaluate choroidal changes in eyes with acute anterior uveitis associated with
human leukocyte antigen (HLA)-B27 Methods In 44 patients with first-onset, unilateral, acute …