Corneal confocal microscopy: A novel non-invasive technique to quantify small fibre pathology in peripheral neuropathies

Journal of Visualized Experiments

Volumn , Issue 47, 2010, Pages

  Tavakoli, Mitra ^a   Malik, Rayaz A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Corneal Confocal Microscopy; Corneal nerves; Diabetic Neuropathy; Issue 47; Medicine; Peripheral Neuropathy

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053007799     PISSN: 1940087X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3791/2194     Document Type: Article

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