Decreased corneal sensitivity and abnormal corneal nerves in fuchs endothelial dystrophy

Cornea

Volumn 31, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1257-1263

  Ahuja, Yachna ^a   Baratz, Keith H ^a   McLaren, Jay W ^a   Bourne, William M ^a   Patel, Sanjay V ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

confocal microscopy; corneal nerves; corneal sensitivity; Fuchs dystrophy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONGENITAL CORNEA DYSTROPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA NERVE; CORNEA THICKNESS; CORNEAL SENSITIVITY; DEEP LAMELLAR ENDOTHELIAL KERATOPLASTY; DESCEMET STRIPPING ENDOTHELIAL KERATOPLASTY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OPHTHALMIC NERVE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); VISUAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CORNEA; CORNEAL DISEASES; CRANIAL NERVE DISEASES; DESCEMET STRIPPING ENDOTHELIAL KERATOPLASTY; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, OPHTHALMOLOGICAL; FEMALE; FUCHS' ENDOTHELIAL DYSTROPHY; HUMANS; HYPESTHESIA; KERATOPLASTY, PENETRATING; MALE; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MIDDLE AGED; OPHTHALMIC NERVE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSATION; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 84867402762     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: 15364798     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ICO.0b013e31823f7888     Document Type: Article

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