Abstract
Optical coherence tomography (OCT) has been evaluated as a tool to assess retinal
changes in various neurodegenerative disorders. Parkinson's disease (PD), is a neurodegenerative
disorder wherein dopaminergic deficiency results in some of the symptoms. As retina
also has high concentration of dopamine, it would be of interest for both the clinician
as well as the basic scientist to know if there is a correlation between the clinical
features and the retinal changes. The objective of this review is to critically evaluate
the literature and study the utility of OCT as a tool to evaluate retinal changes
in PD.
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Publication history
Published online: June 12, 2019
Accepted:
June 9,
2019
Received in revised form:
May 11,
2019
Received:
December 15,
2018
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