title: Central corneal thickness in premature babies.
abstract: Central corneal thickness was measured in 13 premature babies with a gestational age below 33 weeks. No difference was found between the thickness in the first and third post-natal week. At the age of 3 months the thickness had decreased significantly to the same level previously reported in full-term newborns. There was no correlation between gestational age, birth length and weight and central corneal thickness.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, Odense University Hospital, Denmark.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Autzen
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Bjørnstrøm
mesh_terms: D001724:Birth Weight; D003315:Cornea / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D005865:Gestational Age; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007234:Infant, Premature; D008297:Male