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Corneal Thickness Changes in Very-High-Altitude Mountaineers—Reply

Martina M. Bosch, MD; Daniel Barthelmes, MD; Pascal Knecht, MD; Konrad E. Bloch, MD; Urs Hefti, MD; Klara Landau, MD
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Author Affiliations: Department of Ophthalmology, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich (Drs Bosch, Barthelmes, and Landau); and the Department of Surgery, Cantonal Hospital, Liestal (Dr Hefti), Switzerland.


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Arch Ophthalmol. 2010;128(9):1224-1225. doi:10.1001/archophthalmol.2010.176
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We welcome the comments regarding our article1 from Drs Mader and White, who have published several articles on refractive changes induced by hypoxia in subjects after refractive surgery. We value their additional account of the mechanism of the corneal changes in Dr Beck Weathers' eyes during his climb on Mount Everest that led to severe vision loss. This is an interesting amendment to our manuscript, which focuses primarily on mountaineers with healthy corneas.

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Correspondence: Dr Bosch, Department of Ophthalmology, University Hospital Zurich, Frauenklinikstrasse 24, CH-8091 Zurich, Switzerland (martina.boesch@usz.ch).

Financial Disclosure: None reported.

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Bosch  MM, Barthelmes  D, Merz  TM.  et al.  New insights into changes in corneal thickness in healthy mountaineers during a very-high-altitude climb to Mount Muztagh Ata. Arch Ophthalmol 2010;128 (2) 184- 189
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Bosch  MM, Barthelmes  D, Merz  TM.  et al.  New insights into changes in corneal thickness in healthy mountaineers during a very-high-altitude climb to Mount Muztagh Ata. Arch Ophthalmol 2010;128 (2) 184- 189
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