Development of an instrument for measurement of light scattering at the corneal epithelial basement membrane in diabetic patients

Japanese Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 185-190

  Takahashi, Norihisa ^a   Wakuta, Makiko ^a   Morishige, Naoyuki ^a   Chikama, Tai Ichiro ^a   Nishida, Teruo ^a   Sumii, Yasuhiro ^b  

^a YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Konan Medical Inc   (Japan)

Author keywords

Basement membrane; Confocal microscope; Cornea; Diabetes mellitus; Diabetic complications

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; ILLUMINATION; LIGHT SCATTERING; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; CORNEAL DISEASES; DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, OPHTHALMOLOGICAL; DISEASE PROGRESSION; EPITHELIUM, CORNEAL; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIGHT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SCATTERING, RADIATION;

EID: 34249993567     PISSN: 00215155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10384-007-0427-4     Document Type: Article

References (14)

1. R Sicree JE Shaw PZ Zimmet 2003 The global burden of diabetes D Gan Diabetes atlas 2nd ed International Diabetes Federation Brussels 15 71
2. EC Tsilibary 2003 Microvascular basement membranes in diabetes mellitus J Pathol 200 537 546
3. V Rudolf 1973 Basal lamina layering in diabetes mellitus Diabetes 23 94 104
4. C Giannini PJ Dyck 1995 Basement membrane reduplication and pericyte degeneration precede development of diabetic polyneuropathy and are associated with its severity Ann Neurol 37 498 504
5. JL Bradley PK Thomas RH King 1994 A comparison of perineural and vascular basal laminal changes in diabetic neuropathy Acta Neuropathol 88 426 432
6. PJ Beisswenger RG Spiro 1973 Studies on the human glomerular basement membrane Diabetes 22 180 193
7. RG Spiro 1973 Biochemistry of the renal glomerular basement membrane and its alterations in diabetes mellitus N Engl J Med 288 1337 1342
8. O Agenaes H Moe 1961 Light- and electromicroscopic study of skin capillaries of diabetes Diabetes 10 253 259
9. RO Schultz DL Horn MA Peters 1981 Diabetic keratopathy Trans Am Ophthalmol Soc 79 180 198
10. GN Foulks RA Thoft HD Perry 1979 Factors related to corneal epithelial complications after closed vitrectomy in diabetics Arch Ophthalmol 97 1076 1078
11. HD Perry GN Foulks RA Thoft 1978 Corneal complications after closed vitrectomy through the pars plana Arch Ophthalmol 96 1401 1403
12. HR Taylor RA Kimsey 1981 Corneal epithelial basement membrane changes in diabetes Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 20 548 553
13. N Morishige TI Chikama Y Sassa 2001 Abnormal light scattering detected by confocal biomicroscopy at the corneal epithelial basement membrane of subjects with Type II diabetes Diabetologia 44 340 345
14. T Kuzuya S Nakagawa J Satoh 2002 Report of the Committee on the Classification and Diagnostic Criteria of Diabetes Mellitus Diabetes Res Clin Pract 55 65 85