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SUBMITTER: Lee JI
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7393442 | biostudies-literature | 2020
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Lee John-Ih JI Böcking Theresa T Holle-Lee Dagny D Malik Rayaz A RA Kieseier Bernd C BC Hartung Hans-Peter HP Guthoff Rainer R Kleinschnitz Christoph C Stettner Mark M
Frontiers in neurology 20200724
<b>Background:</b> The diagnosis of trigeminal neuralgia (TN) is challenging due to the lack of objective diagnostics. Corneal confocal microscopy (CCM) is a non-invasive ophthalmic imaging technique, which allows quantification of corneal nerve fibers arising from the trigeminal ganglion and may allow the assessment of neurodegeneration in TN. <b>Methods:</b> CCM was undertaken in 11 patients with TN and 11 age-matched healthy controls. Corneal nerve fiber density (CNFD), corneal nerve branch d ...[more]