Evaluation of the corneal endothelium by specular microscopy in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

Murat Serkan SongurYavuz Selim İntepeSeray Aslan BayhanHasan Ali BayhanBülent Çiftçi

Published in: The clinical respiratory journal (2021)

The corneal endothelial structure was significantly deteriorated in patients with COPD compared with the control group. SM is a valuable method that could be used in treatment and follow-up of corneal endothelium in patients with COPD.

Keyphrases

optical coherence tomography
chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
wound healing
nitric oxide
lung function
cataract surgery
high resolution
single molecule
endothelial cells
high throughput
cystic fibrosis
air pollution
single cell
smoking cessation