title: Characteristics of the macula in amblyopic eyes by optical coherence tomography.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To test the hypothesis that amblyopic neuroretina may have an altered thickness when compared to the normal.
  
  
  METHODS
  Twenty-five amblyopic, young patients between the ages of 7 and 11 years old were studied. The interested neuroretina areas are defined into 10 sub-regions according to superior-inferior, nasal-temoral, and peri-para axis, which cross the fovela structure. The thicknesses of ten, defined macular regions were separately measured by optical coherence tomography (OCT) and analyzed by t-test.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The average thickness of neuroretina in the exact foveola of the amblyopic eyes is larger than that of normal eyes (P<0.05), but the other nine regions have no significant difference. Interestingly, in both the normal and amblyopic eyes, the temporal area looks thinner than other quadrants (P<0.05).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Thickness alteration may be associated with amblyopic disorders in young patients. Studying a larger volume of subjects of similar age is required to confirm this observation.
authors: State Key Laboratory of Ophthalmology, Zhongshan Ophthalmic Center, SunYat-sen University, Guangzhou 510060, Guangdong Province, China.
authors: Xin-Mei
authors: XM
authors: Wang
authors: Dong-Mei
authors: DM
authors: Cui
authors: Ling
authors: L
authors: Zhen
authors: Xiao
authors: X
authors: Yang
authors: Li-Jun
authors: LJ
authors: Huo
authors: Xing
authors: X
authors: Liu
authors: Jun-Wen
authors: JW
authors: Zeng