A South Korean study suggests that the loss of the corneal reflex — the automatic blink when the eye is touched — may signal a 70% likelihood of death within 24 hours in deeply sedated hospice ...

There are certain moments in medicine that feel almost impossible to prepare for – the point at which a doctor or nurse must ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Corneal sensitivity did not significantly change over three clinic visits in the first 6 weeks of wearing ...

To quantify the corneal subbasal nerve density and the total number of nerve fibers in primary congenital glaucoma (PCG) and to evaluate their impact on corneal sensitivity. Forty eyes of 26 PCG ...

Cornea of a healthy eye (left) and of a patient with aniridia (right), showing changes in the tissue’s defensive cells that reflect corneal alteration. Congenital aniridia is a rare disease caused, in ...