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THE EFFECT OF CARBONIC ANHYDRASE INHIBITION ON CENTRAL CORNEAL THICKNESS AFTER CATARACT EXTRACTION
Author(s) -
NIELSEN CARSTEN BO
Publication year - 1980
Publication title -
acta ophthalmologica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.534
H-Index - 87
eISSN - 1755-3768
pISSN - 1755-375X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1755-3768.1980.tb08326.x
Subject(s) - acetazolamide , carbonic anhydrase inhibitor , cornea , ophthalmology , carbonic anhydrase , cataract extraction , in vivo , corneal diseases , medicine , chemistry , biology , enzyme , biochemistry , microbiology and biotechnology
The influence of acetazolamide (a carbonic anhydrase inhibitor) on central thickness of the human cornea in vivo was studied. Corneal thickness as measured after cataract surgery was significantly increased by acetazolamide, if the specular microscopy revealed central corneal guttae, pre‐operatively. When no guttae were seen by specular microscopy, no effect could be demonstrated.