Moderate‐severe peripheral neuropathy in diabetes associated with an increased risk of dry eye disease
Type 2 diabetic patients with peripheral neuropathy have a risk of developing DED, which increases with the severity of neuropathy. The observation that worsening peripheral neuropathy is associated with reduced tear secretion suggests that it may contribute to aqueous insufficiency.
Authors
- Leiao Leon Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0273-1814)
- Arun V. Krishnan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8883-8825)
- Maria Markoulli (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9227-5866)
- Shyam Sunder Tummanapalli (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2114-1422)
- Roshan Dhanapalaratnam
- Ann M. Poynten (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4373-6881)
- Eric Papas (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2955-3277)
Institutions
- Australian College of Optometry (AU)
- UNSW Sydney (AU)
- Vision Cooperative Research Centre (AU)
- Prince of Wales Hospital (AU)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Optometry and Vision Science
- Published
- 2024-09-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1097/opx.0000000000002178
- Citations
- 5
- Primary Topic
- Ocular Surface and Contact Lens
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.71