%0 Journal Article
%T Serum erythropoietin levels in patients with central serous chorioretinopathy
%A Burak Turgut
%A Nevin Ilhan
%A Fatma Yayla Uyar
%A et al
%J Eye and Brain
%D 2010
%I 
%R http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/EB.S10918
%X um erythropoietin levels in patients with central serous chorioretinopathy Original Research (3315) Total Article Views Authors: Burak Turgut, Nevin Ilhan, Fatma Yayla Uyar, et al Published Date June 2010 Volume 2010:2 Pages 77 - 81 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/EB.S10918 Burak Turgut1, Nevin Ilhan2, Fatma Yayla Uyar1, Ulku Celiker1, Tamer Demir1, Suleyman Serdar Koca3 1F rat University School of Medicine, Department of Ophthalmology, Elazig, Turkey; 2F rat University School of Medicine, Department of Biochemistry, Elazig, Turkey; 3F rat University School of Medicine, Department of Interal Medicine, Elazig, Turkey Objective: To evaluate the levels of erythropoietin (EPO) in the serum in patients with central serous chorioretinopathy (CSC). Methods: An institutional comperative clinical study. The serum EPO levels were measured with the enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) method, of 15 patients with active CSC (Group 1), 15 patients with inactive CSC (Group 2) and 15 healthy volunteers (Group 3). Kruskal¨CWallis variance analysis and Mann¨CWhitney U test were used for statistical analysis. Results: The patient and control groups were matched for age and sex. There was no statistically significant variation with regard to age and gender among the groups (P > 0.05). The mean serum EPO concentrations in patients with active CSC (Group 1), inactive CSC (Group 2) and in healthy controls (Group 3) were 11.39 ¡À 3.01 mlU/mL, 11.79 ¡À 3.78 mlU/mL and 11.95 ¡À 3.27 mlU/mL, respectively. There was no significant variation among the serum EPO concentrations of the study groups (P > 0.05). Conclusion: These findings suggest no role of serum EPO in pathogenesis of CSC.
%K Central serous chorioretinopathy
%K erythropoietin
%K serum
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