Reproducibility of in vivo corneal confocal microscopy as a novel screening test for early diabetic sensorimotor polyneuropathy

Diabetic Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1253-1260

  Hertz, P ^a   Bril, V ^b   Orszag, A ^a   Ahmed, A ^a   Ng, E ^b   Nwe, P ^b   Ngo, M ^b   Perkins, B A ^a  

^a Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Corneal confocal microscopy; Corneal nerve fiber length; Diabetic neuropathy; Diabetic sensorimotor polyneuropathy; Type 1 diabetes

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL DENSITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEAL CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIABETIC NEUROPATHY; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IN VIVO STUDY; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; MALE; NERVE FIBER; REPRODUCIBILITY; SCREENING TEST;

ADULT; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CORNEA; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; DIABETIC NEUROPATHIES; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBIN A, GLYCOSYLATED; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; NERVE FIBERS; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 80053025888     PISSN: 07423071     EISSN: 14645491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-5491.2011.03299.x     Document Type: Article

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