Corneal nerves alterations in various types of systemic polyneuropathy, identified by in vivo confocal microscopy

Klinische Monatsblatter fur Augenheilkunde

Volumn 225, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 413-417

  Zhao, C ^a,b   Lu, S ^a,c   Truffert, A ^a   Tajouri, N ^a   Zhao, K ^b   Mateo Montoya, A ^a   Dosso, A ^a   Landis, T ^a   Safran, Avinoam B ^a  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^b TIANJIN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c THE FIRST AFFILIATED HOSPITAL OF NANJING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Corneal nerves; Electroneuromyography; In vivo confocal microscopy; Polyneuropathy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA; ELECTRONEUROGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; NERVE FIBER; NERVE PLEXUS; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; POLYNEUROPATHY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CORNEA; CRANIAL NERVE DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MALE; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MIDDLE AGED; POLYNEUROPATHIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 47649123249     PISSN: 00232165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2008-1027259     Document Type: Article

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