Corneal nerve structure in patients with primary Sjögren's syndrome in China.

Fangting LiQin ZhangXin YingJing HeYuebo JinHuiwen XuYaobin ChengMingwei Zhao

Published in: BMC ophthalmology (2021)

Sjögren syndrome dry eye (SSDE) patients have more severe clinical dry eye parameters than non-Sjögren dry eye disease (NSDE) patients. Compared with NSDE patients, we found that SSDE patients showed decreased corneal subbasal nerve density and numbers.

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