Open AccessThe relationship between corneal subbasal nerve density and corneal sensitivity in patients with Fuchs endothelial corneal dystrophy
Author(s) -
Özlem Dikmetaş,
Sibel Kocabeyoğlu,
Mehmet Cem Mocan,
Sevilay Karahan,
Murat İrkeç
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
indian journal of ophthalmology/indian journal of ophthalmology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.542
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1998-3689
pISSN - 0301-4738
DOI - 10.4103/ijo.ijo_2992_20
Subject(s) - medicine , nerve plexus , ophthalmology , cornea , mann–whitney u test , corneal dystrophy , dystrophy , anatomy , pathology
The aim of this study was to investigate the association between alterations in corneal subbasal nerve plexus and tactile corneal sensitivity in patients with Fuchs' endothelial corneal dystrophy (FECD).