Fig 1.
Scheimpflug images of a mild and a severe case of PMD.
Arrows show the thinnest part of the cornea.
Fig 2.
Corneal pachymetry plots of the 9 PMD eyes (from the mildest to the advanced cases).
Fig 3.
Corneal topographical maps of the 9 PMD eyes (in similar order than in Fig 2).
Fig 4.
Scatter plots of mediator concentrations against the average of the parameters K1 and K2 (r: Pearson's correlation coefficient).
Table 1.
Mean±1SD values of the parameters measured with Pentacam in patients with pellucid marginal degeneration, keratoconus and in healthy controls.
Table 2.
Differences between the parameters measured with Pentacam among the patient groups.
Table 3.
Mean±1SD concentrations of the mediators in the tear film of patients.
Table 4.
Differences between the concentrations of the mediators in the tear film of patients among the patient groups.