In vivo confocal microscopy indicates an inverse relationship between the sub-basal corneal plexus and the conjunctivalisation in patients with limbal stem cell deficiency.

Manuel Caro-MagdalenoAsunción Alfaro-JuárezJesús Montero-IruzubietaAna Fernández-PalacínAna Muñoz-MoralesManuel Alberto Castilla-MartinoConsuelo Spínola-MuñozEnrique Rodríguez-de-la-Rúa

Published in: The British journal of ophthalmology (2018)

The density of the corneal sub-basal nerve plexus was inversely related to conjunctivalisation in LSCD. Further studies are needed to verify this and to elucidate the directionality between these factors.

Keyphrases

stem cells
ultrasound guided
optical coherence tomography
wound healing
cataract surgery
peripheral nerve
mesenchymal stem cells
bone marrow
drug induced