corneal disease
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Research problems linked to this topic
- Dry eye disease (DED) is a multifactorial disease where ocular surface inflammation and damage play key etiological roles.
- Ocular adnexal IgG4-related sclerosing disease (IgG4-SD) has been categorized as a novel disease entity.
- Corneal disease ranks second among blinding diseases in China, with the corneal blindness taking up one fourth of the blind population.
- Recurrent corneal erosion is a common cause of disabling ocular symptoms and predisposes the cornea to infection.
- The continuous increase in Acanthamoeba keratitis, a severe corneal infection, worldwide is mainly due to the increase in the number of soft contact lens users.
- Endophthalmitis is a rare but serious complication of any intraocular procedure, penetrating eye trauma and occasionally haematogenous spread of an infective organism from a distant focus.