Association of Smoking and Other Risk Factors With Fuchs' Endothelial Corneal Dystrophy Severity and Corneal Thickness

Xiaolin Zhang,Robert P. Igo,Jeremy Fondran,Venkateswara Mootha,Matt Oliva,Kristin M. Hammersmith,Alan Sugar,Jonathan H. Lass,Sudha K. Iyengar

Association of Smoking and Other Risk Factors With Fuchs' Endothelial Corneal Dystrophy Severity and Corneal Thickness

2013

Xiaolin Zhang
Robert P. Igo
Jeremy Fondran
Venkateswara Mootha
Matt Oliva
Kristin M. Hammersmith
Alan Sugar
Jonathan H. Lass
Sudha K. Iyengar

Purpose. We investigated effects of smoking and other risk factors on the development of advanced Fuchs' endothelial corneal dystrophy (FECD) and on central corneal thickness (CCT).

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Cornea
Ophthalmology
Fuchs Endothelial Corneal Dystrophy
Hereditary corneal dystrophy
Endothelial corneal dystrophy
Endothelium
Diabetes mellitus
Biology
Proband
increased risk
female sex

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