Retinal nerve fibre layer thinning associated with diabetic peripheral neuropathy

Diabetic Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 7, 2012, Pages

  Shahidi, A M ^a   Sampson, G P ^a   Pritchard, N ^a   Edwards, K ^a   Vagenas, D ^a   Russell, A W ^b,c   Malik, R A ^d,e   Efron, N ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b PRINCESS ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^e MANCHESTER UNIVERSITY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diabetic peripheral neuropathy; Optical coherence tomography; Retinal nerve fibre layer thinning

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETIC FOOT; DIABETIC NEUROPATHY; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OPTIC NERVE; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; RETINA NERVE CELL; RETINAL NERVE FIBER LAYER THINNING; THICKNESS;

AGED; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DIABETIC FOOT; DIABETIC NEUROPATHIES; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE FIBERS; OPTIC DISK; RETINA; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE;

EID: 84862572829     PISSN: 07423071     EISSN: 14645491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-5491.2012.03588.x     Document Type: Article

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