Open Access<p>Impact of Improper Approach to Identify Lid Wiper Epitheliopathy (LWE)</p>
Author(s) -
Christopher Lievens,
Yvonne Norgett,
Nancy Briggs,
Peter M. Allen,
Marta Vianya-Estopà
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
clinical ophthalmology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.025
H-Index - 56
eISSN - 1177-5483
pISSN - 1177-5467
DOI - 10.2147/opth.s273524
Subject(s) - medicine , ophthalmology , clinical practice , family medicine
Variability in the use of ophthalmic dyes to diagnose lid wiper epitheliopathy (LWE) has led to division in the literature and clinical practice. The principal aim of this study was to evaluate whether the use of a non-optimal methodology to identify LWE had a potential for false negatives; in which LWE was overlooked.