Corneal nerve structure and function in patients with non-sjögren dry eye: Clinical correlations

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 54, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 5144-5150

  Labbé, Antoine ^a,b,c,d   Liang, Qingfeng ^a   Wang, Zhiqun ^a   Zhang, Yang ^a   Xu, Liang ^a   Baudouin, Christophe ^b,c,d   Sun, Xuguang ^a  

^a CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

^c CENTRE HOSPITALIER NATIONAL D OPHTALMOLOGIE DES QUINZE VINGTS   (France)

^d INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

Dry eye; In vivo confocal microscopy; Non sj gren dry eye; Sensitivity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CELL STRUCTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA; CORNEAL NERVE DENSITY; CORNEAL SENSITIVITY; CORNEAL SUBBASAL NERVE; DRY EYE; EYE EXAMINATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NERVE FIBER; NON SJOGREN DRY EYE; OPHTHALMIC ESTHESIOMETER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; SCHIRMER TEST; SCORING SYSTEM; TEAR FILM; VISUAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS;

DRY EYE; IN VIVO CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; NON-SJÖGREN DRY EYE; SENSITIVITY;

ADULT; AGED; CORNEA; DRY EYE SYNDROMES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE FIBERS; OPHTHALMIC NERVE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSATION; SJOGREN'S SYNDROME;

EID: 84880988631     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: 15525783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.13-12370     Document Type: Article

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