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Effects of diabetic keratopathy on corneal optical density, central corneal thickness, and corneal endothelial cell counts

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    • Feng Gao
    • Tao Lin
    • Yingzhe Pan
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    Affiliations: Department of Ophthalmology, Xiangyang Hospital Affiliated to Hubei University of Medicine, Xiangyang, Hubei 441000, P.R. China
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Diabetic keratopathy is an ocular complication that occurs with diabetes. In the present study, the effect of diabetic keratopathy on corneal optical density, central corneal thickness, and corneal endothelial cell count was investigated. One hundred and eighty diabetic patients (360 eyes) were enrolled in the study during the period from March, 2012 to March, 2013. The patients were divided into three age groups: <5, 5-10 and >10 years, with 60 patients per group (120 eyes). During the same period, 60 healthy cases (120 eyes) were selected and labeled as the normal control group. The Pentacam was used to measure the corneal optical density, and central corneal thickness. Specular microscopy was used to examine the corneal endothelial cell density. The coefficient of partial correlation was used to control age and correlate the analysis between the corneal optical density, corneal endothelial cell density, and central corneal thickness. The stage of the disease, the medial and intimal corneal optical density and central corneal thickness was analyzed in the diabetes group. The corneal optical density in the diabetes group increased compared with that of the normal control group. The medial and intimal corneal optical density and central corneal thickness were positively correlated with the course of the disease. However, the corneal endothelial cell density was not associated with the course of diabetes. There was a positive association between the medial and intimal corneal optical density and central corneal thickness of the diabetic patients. In conclusion, the results of the present study show that medial and intimal corneal optical density and central corneal thickness were sensitive indicators for early diabetic keratopathy.
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Gao F, Lin T and Pan Y: Effects of diabetic keratopathy on corneal optical density, central corneal thickness, and corneal endothelial cell counts. Exp Ther Med 12: 1705-1710, 2016.
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Gao, F., Lin, T., & Pan, Y. (2016). Effects of diabetic keratopathy on corneal optical density, central corneal thickness, and corneal endothelial cell counts. Experimental and Therapeutic Medicine, 12, 1705-1710. https://doi.org/10.3892/etm.2016.3511
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Gao, F., Lin, T., Pan, Y."Effects of diabetic keratopathy on corneal optical density, central corneal thickness, and corneal endothelial cell counts". Experimental and Therapeutic Medicine 12.3 (2016): 1705-1710.
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Gao, F., Lin, T., Pan, Y."Effects of diabetic keratopathy on corneal optical density, central corneal thickness, and corneal endothelial cell counts". Experimental and Therapeutic Medicine 12, no. 3 (2016): 1705-1710. https://doi.org/10.3892/etm.2016.3511
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Gao F, Lin T and Pan Y: Effects of diabetic keratopathy on corneal optical density, central corneal thickness, and corneal endothelial cell counts. Exp Ther Med 12: 1705-1710, 2016.
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Gao, F., Lin, T., & Pan, Y. (2016). Effects of diabetic keratopathy on corneal optical density, central corneal thickness, and corneal endothelial cell counts. Experimental and Therapeutic Medicine, 12, 1705-1710. https://doi.org/10.3892/etm.2016.3511
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Gao, F., Lin, T., Pan, Y."Effects of diabetic keratopathy on corneal optical density, central corneal thickness, and corneal endothelial cell counts". Experimental and Therapeutic Medicine 12.3 (2016): 1705-1710.
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Gao, F., Lin, T., Pan, Y."Effects of diabetic keratopathy on corneal optical density, central corneal thickness, and corneal endothelial cell counts". Experimental and Therapeutic Medicine 12, no. 3 (2016): 1705-1710. https://doi.org/10.3892/etm.2016.3511
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