Biometry and auto-fluorescence of the anterior ocular segment in diabetics with and without autonomic neuropathy: a case control study.

Journal article

The biometry and auto-fluorescence of the anterior ocular segment were examined in a case control study of two populations of diabetics. Cases, with diabetic autonomic neuropathy, and controls without neuropathy (forty in each group) were selected from a community based diabetic population and matched individually for age, sex, and type of diabetes. Scheimpflug and auto-fluorescence anterior segment photography were performed and analysed by digital image analysis in a masked fashion. There were differences between the groups in axial lens thickness, front radius of curvature of the lens, anterior chamber depth and lenticular auto-fluorescence. These findings are discussed in the context of the known association between autonomic neuropathy and narrow angle glaucoma, and possible common mechanisms of tissue damage in diabetes.

Authors: Sparrow, J; Neil, H; Bron, A

• Journal: Eye (London, England)
• Volume: 6 ( Pt 1)
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 50-54
• Publication date: 1992-01-01
• DOI: 10.1038/eye.1992.9
• EISSN: 1476-5454
• ISSN: 0950-222X
• Language: English
• Keywords: Case-Control Studies; Biometry; Autonomic Nervous System Diseases; Middle Aged; Aged; Aging; Diabetic Neuropathies; Fluorescence; Anterior Eye Segment; Male; Female; Diabetes Mellitus; Humans