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Amniotic membrane transplantation for managing dry eye and neurotrophic keratitis

Neurotrophic keratitis (NK), a degenerative disease caused by damage to the trigeminal nerve, abolishes both tearing and blinking reflexes, thus causing the most severe forms of dry eye disease (DED). Conversely, the increasing severity of DED also leads to progressive loss of corneal nerve density,...

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Autores principales: Mead, Olivia G., Tighe, Sean, Tseng, Scheffer C. G.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7158925/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32309119
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/tjo.tjo_5_20