Peripapillary retinal nerve fiber layer thickness in children with iron deficiency anemia

Turkyilmaz K., ONER V., OZKASAP S., SEKERYAPAN B., DERECI S., DURMUS M.

EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF OPHTHALMOLOGY, vol.23, no.2, pp.217-222, 2013 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 23 Issue: 2
  • Publication Date: 2013
  • Doi Number: 10.5301/ejo.5000206
  • Journal Name: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF OPHTHALMOLOGY
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.217-222
  • Recep Tayyip Erdoğan University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

PURPOSE. To evaluate peripapillary retinal nerve fiber layer (RNFL) thickness in children with iron deficiency anemia (IDA) in comparison with healthy controls and to investigate the correlation between peripapillary RNFL thicknesses and the hematologic parameters in these subjects.