Ocular Surface Pathology in Patients Suffering from Mercury Intoxication.

Pilar CañadasYrbani LantiguaAmalia Enríquez-De-Salamanca Itziar FernandezSalvador Pastor-IdoateEva María SobasAntonio Dueñas-LaitaJosé Luis Pérez-CastrillónJose Carlos Pastor Margarita Calonge

Published in: Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) (2021)

Patients suffering from systemic mercury intoxication showed symptoms and signs of ocular surface pathology, mainly by targeting the trigeminal nerve, as shown by alterations in corneal sensitivity and sub-basal nerve morphology.

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end stage renal disease
ejection fraction
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prognostic factors
peritoneal dialysis
neuropathic pain
wound healing