Corneal confocal microscopy: A novel means to detect nerve fibre damage in idiopathic small fibre neuropathy

Experimental Neurology

Volumn 223, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 245-250

  Tavakoli, Mitra ^a   Marshall, Andrew ^a   Pitceathly, Robert ^b   Fadavi, Hassan ^a   Gow, David ^b   Roberts, Mark E ^b   Efron, Nathan ^c   Boulton, Andrew JM ^a   Malik, Rayaz A ^a  

^a MANCHESTER UNIVERSITY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b SALFORD ROYAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Corneal confocal microscopy; Impaired glucose tolerance; Small fibre neuropathy

Indexed keywords

LIPID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS; CELL DENSITY; CELL SIZE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEAL CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC SMALL FIBER NEUROPATHY; IMPAIRED GLUCOSE TOLERANCE; MALE; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE FIBER; NERVE FIBER DEGENERATION; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROPATHY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CORNEA; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; FEMALE; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; HUMANS; HYPERALGESIA; MALE; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE FIBERS; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; WRIST;

EID: 77950861716     PISSN: 00144886     EISSN: 10902430     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.expneurol.2009.08.033     Document Type: Article

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