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Surbhi Bansal¹, Ajay A Myneni, Lina Mu

¹*Department of Ophthalmology, School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Ross Eye Institute, The State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY; †Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, School of Public Health and Health Professions, The State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY; ‡Department of Epidemiology and Environmental Health, Dent Neurologic Institute, Buffalo, NY; §SUNY Eye Institute, New York, NY; and ¶Research Service, Veterans Administration Western New York Healthcare System, Buffalo, NY.

|May 27, 2014

Summary

Patients with Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyneuropathy (CIDP) may have reduced corneal sensitivity, increasing their risk for neurotrophic keratitis. Ophthalmic exams are recommended for early detection and vision preservation.

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Neurotrophic keratitis can stem from various systemic or ocular conditions.
Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyneuropathy (CIDP) is an autoimmune neuropathy with no previously known link to corneal disease.

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