Corneal Specular Microscopy in Infectious and Noninfectious Uveitis

Federal University of São Paulo

Status: Completed

Conditions: Uveitis

Treatments: Device: noncontact specular microscopy

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT00789984

CEP1022/07

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to determine whether some endothelium morphologic variables are different between infectious and noninfectious uveitis group using a noncontact specular microscopy device.

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Patients with infectious and noninfectious uveitis in any activity level and presence of keratic precipitates.

Exclusion criteria

• Patients with previous ocular surgery, trauma, contact lens history, corneal dystrophy, corneal edema and high intraocular pressure
• Any other anterior segment disorders affecting the corneal endothelium.