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Retinal thinning in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis patients without ophthalmic disease.

Nisha MukherjeeShan McBurney-LinAnthony KuoRichard BedlackHenry Tseng
Published in: PloS one (2017)
Using SD-OCT, our study shows that ALS patients without ocular pathology exhibit thinned retinal layers. Future studies are warranted to clarify the clinical relationship between retinal thinning and motor neuron loss in ALS.
Keyphrases
  • end stage renal disease
  • optical coherence tomography
  • diabetic retinopathy
  • ejection fraction
  • newly diagnosed
  • chronic kidney disease
  • optic nerve
  • peritoneal dialysis