Confocal microscopy measures lifestyle effects on cornea

HONOLULU — Using corneal confocal microscopy, lifestyle factors can be associated with density of epithelial cells and corneal nerves in young, healthy women, according to a poster presented here at the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology meeting.
Whereas it is not unusual to use corneal confocal microscopy (CCM) to measure corneal parameters in disease states, it is less studied in healthy eyes, Karen Edwards, PhD, told Healio.com/OSN.
Edwards and colleagues at Queensland University of Technology in Brisbane, Australia,
assessed the effects of lifestyle factors and dry

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