Corneal Langerhans cells in children with celiac disease

Abstract Celiac disease (CeD) is a common small bowel enteropathy characterized by an altered adaptive immune system and increased mucosal antigen presenting cells. This study aims to establish if quantification of corneal Langerhans cells (LCs) using corneal confocal microscopy (CCM) could act as a...

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Main Authors: Hoda Gad, Ibrahim Mohammed, Saras Saraswathi, Bara Al-Jarrah, Maryam Ferdousi, Ioannis N. Petropoulos, Georgios Ponirakis, Adnan Khan, Parul Singh, Souhaila Al Khodor, Mamoun Elawad, Wesam Almasri, Hatim Abdelrahman, Khalid Hussain, Mohamed A. Hendaus, Fatma Al-Mudahka, Khaled Abouhazima, Anthony K. Akobeng, Rayaz A. Malik
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2022-10-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-22376-w