title: The central corneal thickness in keratoconjunctivitis sicca.
abstract: The central corneal thickness of 17 patients with keratoconjunctivitis sicca was compared with the thickness recorded in a control group of 105 subjects with healthy eyes. A moderate, but highly statistically significant central corneal thinning was found in the keratoconjunctivitis sicca group. The possible etiology and clinical importance of this finding is briefly discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, University of Bergen, Norway.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Høvding
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003315:Cornea / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007638:Keratoconjunctivitis Sicca / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged