Neurotrophic keratopathy and ocular surface disease

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Ahmad Fahmy, OD, FAAO, explains that the line in the sand for the ocular surface is the corneal epithelium. He outlines his talk at Dry Eye Everything Virtual Symposium which looks at how corneal nerve sensation intersects with the health of the ocular surface.

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