Giorgio Bianciardi Author
Subjects of specialization
Affiliation
Pathology , Morphometrics, Nonlinear Dynamics, Nonlinear Analysis
Department of Pathology, Department of Medical Biotechnologies, University of Siena, Italy
Bianciardi Giorgio graduated in Biological Sciences in 1978 and cum lauda in Medicine and Surgery in 1999 at the University of Siena. He received the PhD degree in Experimental Medicine: Atherosclerosis in 1988. Since 1990 he had his employment at the Institute of Anatomia e Istologia Patologica, University of Siena where he is now working in scientific research. Present position is as Researcher (Ricercatore Confermato, Professore Aggregato), Dpt. Medical Biotechnology.
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Author(s): Giorgio Bianciardi, Maria Eugenia Latronico and Traversi C
Objective: Dry eye affects many individuals worldwide and a significant portion of patient with dry eye present the Sjogren’s syndrome (SS), a progressive, autoimmune condition. In order to choose and follow the best therapy it’s necessary to have noninvasive quantitative methods able to characterize the status of the corneal nerve fibers of the patients.
Methods: Local fractal dimension by box-counting (evaluation of geometric complexity) of the nerve corneal fibers distribution observed by confocal microscopy was performed in patients with primary SS (n=36: 6 males, 30 fe... view more»