Corneal epithelial thickness profile in dry-eye disease.

Mohamed Abou ShoushaJianhua WangGeorge A KontadakisWilliam FeuerAna P CantoRodrigo HoffmannVictor L Perez

Published in: Eye (London, England) (2019)

DED patients have irregular epithelial surface that can be quantified using UHR-OCT generated CEP maps. Epithelial thickness profile range and EIF correlate accurately with patients' symptoms and could be used to follow-up patients and response to treatment.

Keyphrases

end stage renal disease
chronic kidney disease
newly diagnosed
peritoneal dialysis
prognostic factors
optical coherence tomography
depressive symptoms
patient reported outcomes