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Curr Eye Res ; 44(2): 206-211, 2019 02.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-30204490

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OBJECTIVE: Children with chronic kidney diseases (CKD) are at risk for neurological diseases at early adulthood. Spectral-domain optical coherence tomography (SD-OCT) of the retina is especially suitable for determination of intraretinal layer thickness. We wonder whether retinal thinning is already present in pediatric patients with mild-to-moderate CKD. PATIENTS AND METHODS: Children (n = 15; 14.9 ± 2.4 years) with mild-to-moderate CKD (median eGFR of 95ml/min/1.73m2; range: 28-187ml/min/1.73m2) due to glomerulopathy, congenital anomalies of kidney and urinary tract (CAKUT), or haemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS) underwent a detailed ophthalmologic examination including high-resolution SD-OCT. Three OCT scans were obtained from the right eyes of all patients. Within each scan, retinal layers were separated and the mean thickness was determined at the foveal, parafoveal, and perifoveal area. The results were compared to those we obtained previously from healthy children. RESULTS: At the parafoveal area, thickness (median, range) of the total retina (ALL), ganglion cell layer (GCL), and inner plexiform layer (IPL) were reduced compared to healthy volunteers (339µm, (288-361µm) vs. 348µm, (320-385µm); 49.8µm (30.5-56.6µm) vs. 53.5µm (49.5-60.5µm) and 41.0µm (29.4-43.7µm) vs. 43.46µm (39.5-46.3µm); each p < 0.05). The intraretinal thickness measurements at the foveal and perifoveal areas revealed no statistically significant differences between patients and controls. CONCLUSION: Distinct changes within the parafoveal area of the total retina, GCL, and IPL are present in children with mild-to-moderate CKD. Prospective studies are required to assess the clinical significance of our findings.


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Renal Insufficiency, Chronic/diagnosis , Retinal Degeneration/diagnosis , Retinal Ganglion Cells/pathology , Tomography, Optical Coherence/methods , Adolescent , Child , Cross-Sectional Studies , Disease Progression , Female , Follow-Up Studies , Humans , Male , Prognosis , Renal Insufficiency, Chronic/complications , Retinal Degeneration/etiology , Risk Factors , Severity of Illness Index
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Sci Rep ; 8(1): 14, 2018 01 08.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-29311586

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Optical coherence tomography (OCT) of the retina and corneal confocal laser scanning microscopy (CLSM) of the subbasal nerve plexus (SBP) are noninvasive techniques for quantification of the ocular neurodegenerative changes in individuals with type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM). In adult T1DM patients these changes are hardly related to T1DM only. Instead, ageing and/or lifestyle associated comorbidities have to be considered as putative confounding variables. Therefore, we investigated pediatric T1DM patients (n = 28; 14.2 ± 2.51 y; duration of disease: 5.39 ± 4.16 y) without clinical signs of diabetic retina disease, neuropathy, vasculopathy or nephropathy and compared our findings with those obtained in healthy controls (n = 46; 14.8 ± 1.89 y). The SBP was characterized by the averaged length, thickness, and tortuosity of nerve fibers as well as the number of branching and connecting points. OCT was used to determine the total thickness of the retina (ALL) and the thickness of each retinal layer. Both methods revealed signs of early neurodegenerative changes, e.g. thinning of distinct retinal layers at the pericentral ring and shortening of corneal nerve fibers that are already present in pediatric T1DM patients. Standardization of instruments and algorithms are urgently required to enable uniform comparison between different groups and define normative values to introduce in the clinical setting.


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Cornea/innervation , Cornea/pathology , Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1/complications , Diabetic Retinopathy/etiology , Diabetic Retinopathy/pathology , Retina/pathology , Adolescent , Case-Control Studies , Child , Diabetic Retinopathy/diagnostic imaging , Female , Humans , Male , Microscopy, Confocal , Tomography, Optical Coherence
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