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Nathan Efron is affiliated with the Queensland University of Technology in Australia and has contributed extensively to medical research, particularly in the fields of ophthalmology and public health. Their scholarly work spans 203 publications in medicine, with significant focus on ophthalmology, environmental health, and radiology-related disciplines.

Their research delves into various subfields including:

  • Ophthalmology
  • Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
  • Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging
  • Epidemiology
  • Dermatology

Efron's main topics of study concentrate on ocular and visual health aspects, covering:

  • Ocular Surface and Contact Lens
  • Corneal Surgery and Disorders
  • Ophthalmology and Visual Impairment Studies
  • Glaucoma and Retinal Disorders
  • Ophthalmology and Visual Health Research
  • Retinal Diseases and Treatments
  • Intraocular Surgery and Lenses

The researcher has published in a range of journals, frequently appearing in:

  • Clinical and Experimental Optometry
  • Contact Lens and Anterior Eye
  • Diabetes Care
  • The Ocular Surface
  • Journal of Clinical Medicine

Key papers authored by or involving Nathan Efron include:

  • "Diagnosis of Neuropathy and Risk Factors for Corneal Nerve Loss in Type 1 and Type 2 Diabetes: A Corneal Confocal Microscopy Study," 2020, Diabetes Care
  • "Global contact lens prescribing 2000-2020," 2022, Clinical and Experimental Optometry
  • "Rapid Corneal Nerve Fiber Loss: A Marker of Diabetic Neuropathy Onset and Progression," 2020, Diabetes Care
  • "TFOS Lifestyle: Impact of contact lenses on the ocular surface," 2023, The Ocular Surface
  • "Vitamin D deficiency is associated with painful diabetic neuropathy," 2020, Diabetes/Metabolism Research and Reviews

Efron collaborates regularly with several co-authors, including:

  • Philip B. Morgan
  • Lyndon Jones
  • Jason J. Nichols
  • Rayaz A. Malik
  • Maryam Ferdousi

Best Publications

  • Surrogate markers of small fiber damage in human diabetic neuropathy

    Christian Quattrini;Mitra Tavakoli;Maria Jeziorska;Panagiotis Kallinikos

  • Corneal confocal microscopy: a non-invasive surrogate of nerve fibre damage and repair in diabetic patients

    R. A. Malik;P. Kallinikos;C.A. Abbott;C.H.M. van Schie

  • Morphology of corneal nerves using confocal microscopy.

    Laura Oliveira-Soto;Nathan Efron

  • Effects of long-term extended contact lens wear on the human cornea.

    Brien A. Holden;Deborah F. Sweeney;Antti Vannas;Klas T. Nilsson

  • TFOS DEWS II iatrogenic report.

    José Alvaro P. Gomes;Dimitri T. Azar;Christophe Baudouin;Nathan Efron

  • Corneal confocal microscopy: a novel noninvasive test to diagnose and stratify the severity of human diabetic neuropathy.

    Mitra Tavakoli;Cristian Quattrini;Caroline Abbott;Panagiotis Kallinikos

  • Incidence of keratitis of varying severity among contact lens wearers

    Philip B. Morgan;Nathan Efron;Elizabeth A. Hill;Mathew K. Raynor

  • Corneal nerve tortuosity in diabetic patients with neuropathy

    Panagiotis Kallinikos;Michael Berhanu;Clare O'Donnell;Andrew J. M. Boulton

  • Corneal confocal microscopy: a non-invasive surrogate of nerve fibre damage and repair in diabetic patients

    Rayaz A. Malik;P. Kallinikos;Caroline Abbott;Carine H. M. van Schie

  • Validation of grading scales for contact lens complications

    Nathan Efron;Philip B. Morgan;Smaragda S. Katsara

  • Grading scales for contact lens complications

    Nathan Efron

  • Contact lens practice

    Nathan Efron

  • Corneal Confocal Microscopy Detects Early Nerve Regeneration in Diabetic Neuropathy After Simultaneous Pancreas and Kidney Transplantation

    Mitra Tavakoli;Maria Mitu-Pretorian;Ioannis N. Petropoulos;Hassan Fadavi

  • Corneal confocal microscopy detects early nerve regeneration after pancreas transplantation in patients with type 1 diabetes

    Sanjay Mehra;Mitra Tavakoli;Panagiotis A. Kallinikos;Nathan Efron

  • Contact lens complications

    Nathan Efron

  • Small Nerve Fiber Quantification in the Diagnosis of Diabetic Sensorimotor Polyneuropathy: Comparing Corneal Confocal Microscopy With Intraepidermal Nerve Fiber Density

    Xin Chen;Jim Graham;Mohammad A. Dabbah;Ioannis N. Petropoulos

  • The role of tear physiology in ocular surface temperature.

    Jennifer P Craig;Jennifer P Craig;Iqbal Singh;Alan Tomlinson;Philip B Morgan

  • Ocular surface temperature.

    Nathan Efron;Graeme Young;Noel A. Brennan

  • In vivo confocal microscopy of the ocular surface: from bench to bedside.

    Edoardo Villani;Christophe Baudouin;Nathan Efron;Pedram Hamrah

  • International contact lens prescribing

    Philip B. Morgan;Nathan Efron;Craig A. Woods;Deborah Jones

Frequent Co-Authors

Rayaz A. Malik
Rayaz A. Malik Weill Cornell Medical College in Qatar
Andrew J.M. Boulton
Andrew J.M. Boulton University of Manchester
Suzanne M. J. Fleiszig
Suzanne M. J. Fleiszig University of California, Berkeley
Graeme P. Young
Graeme P. Young Flinders University
Frank V. Bright
Frank V. Bright University at Buffalo, State University of New York
Mark D. P. Willcox
Mark D. P. Willcox University of New South Wales
Alan Tomlinson
Alan Tomlinson Glasgow Caledonian University
Erica L. Fletcher
Erica L. Fletcher University of Melbourne
Gerald B. Pier
Gerald B. Pier Brigham and Women's Hospital
Giuseppe Lauria
Giuseppe Lauria University of Milan

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