Corneal sensitivity is reduced and relates to the severity of neuropathy in patients with diabetes

Diabetes Care

Volumn 30, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1895-1897

  Tavakoli, Mitra ^a   Kallinikos, Panagiotis A ^a   Efron, Nathan ^b   Boulton, Andrew J M ^a   Malik, Rayaz A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC NEUROPATHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; SCREENING;

ADULT; AGED; CORNEA; DIABETIC NEUROPATHIES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; SOMATOSENSORY DISORDERS;

EID: 34447136675     PISSN: 01495992     EISSN: 01495992     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2337/dc07-0175     Document Type: Article

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