title: Central and peripheral corneal thickness in newborns.
abstract: Central and peripheral corneal thickness was measured in 74 newborn children. The mean central corneal thickness was 0.573 +/- 0.052 mm. The mean peripheral thickness was 0.650 +/- 0.062 mm. There was no significant difference between right and left eyes, sex, gestational age or type of delivery. The central and peripheral corneal thickness in the first 24 h of life was significantly higher than after 48 to 72 h. The full-term babies with 2.500 to 3.000 g of birth weight had peripheral corneal thickness higher than the group with 3.501 to 4.000 g.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, School of Medicine, Escola Paulista de Medicina, São Paulo, Brazil.
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Portellinha
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Belfort
mesh_terms: D001724:Birth Weight; D003315:Cornea / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D036861:Delivery, Obstetric; D005260:Female; D005865:Gestational Age; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D011247:Pregnancy; D012737:Sex Factors