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Ocular Diagnostic Agents

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Eye is the most accessible and easily visualized organ in the human body; due to this feature ophthalmic dyes have a significant role in ophthalmology to aid effective diagnosis of ocular condition. These dyes are extensively used for the differential diagnosis in various ocular pathological conditions such as corneal abrasions, congestion, micro aneurysm, blood vessel proliferations in retina and ischemia etc.This chapter discusses about the handful of dyes such as trypan blue, rose bengal, indocynine green, brilliant blue, lissamine green and triamicolone actetonide etc., for their clinical utility, and their adverse effects.

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  1. Cornea Services, Dr. Rajendra Prasad Center for Ophthalmic Sciences, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India

    Manu Saini MD & Murugesan Vanathi MD

  2. Department of Ophthalmology, Dr. Rajendra Prasad Center for Ophthalmic Sciences, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India

    Madhu Nath RN (H), MSc (Clin Res)

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Saini, M., Nath, M., Vanathi, M. (2016). Ocular Diagnostic Agents. In: Velpandian, T. (eds) Pharmacology of Ocular Therapeutics. Adis, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-25498-2_13

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