摘要
AIM:Toexaminetheintegrityoftheocularsurfacesofsubjectswithandwithoutdiabeteswithnoconjunctivalanddryeyesignsandsymptomsandcompareconjunctivalimpressioncytologyfindingsindiabeticswithnon-proliferativeandproliferativediabeticretinopathy.METHODS:Conjunctivalimpressioncytologywasperformedon43eyesof43subjectswithnonproliferativediabeticretinopathy(NPDR),42eyesof42subjectswithproliferativediabeticretinopathy(PDR),and30eyesof30controlsubjects.Impressioncytologyspecimensofeachgroupweregradedandscoredintherange0-3accordingtoNelson’smethod.RESULTS:Therewere45(52.9%)womenand40(47.1%)men.Themeanageofthepatientswas59.6±9.3y(range,43-76y)inNPDRgroupand58.0±8.8y(range,41-85y)inPDRgroup.CaseswithNPDRandPDRshowedstatisticallysignificanthigherimpressioncytologyscoresthancontrolgroup(P<0.05).TherewasnodifferencebetweentheNPDRandPDRpatientsforimpressioncytologygradingscores.CONCLUSION:ItisdeterminedthatimpressioncytologygradesarealteredinpatientswithNPDRandPDR.Consequently,wesuggestthattheremightbeanassociationbetweentheimpressioncytologygradingscoresandtheseverityofdiabeticretinopathy
出版日期
2014年02月12日（中国期刊网平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）
