Optical coherence tomography angiography suggests different retinal pathologies in multiple sclerosis and Sjögren's syndrome.
Elisabeth WolfRebecca WickleinLilian AlyChristoph SchmadererAli Maisam AfzaliChristian MardinThomas KornBernhard HemmerBenedikt HofauerBenjamin KnierPublished in: Journal of neurology (2024)
Compared to patients with RRMS, rarefication of deep retinal vessels is a unique characteristic of pSS and associated with worse visual function. Assuming a disease-specific retinal vessel pathology, these data are indicative of a differential affliction of the gliovascular complex in the retina of RRMS and pSS patients.
Keyphrases
- diabetic retinopathy
- optical coherence tomography
- optic nerve
- multiple sclerosis
- end stage renal disease
- ejection fraction
- chronic kidney disease
- newly diagnosed
- prognostic factors
- peritoneal dialysis
- rheumatoid arthritis
- electronic health record
- case report
- disease activity
- systemic lupus erythematosus
- artificial intelligence