Correlation of diabetic retinopathy and corneal neuropathy using confocal microscopy

Current Eye Research

Volumn 37, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 898-906

  Nitoda, E ^a   Kallinikos, P ^b   Pallikaris, A ^b   Moschandrea, J ^a   Amoiridis, G ^a   Ganotakis, E S ^a   Tsilimbaris, M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Corneal confocal microscopy; Diabetic corneal neuropathy; Diabetic retinopathy; Peripheral diabetic neuropathy; Subbasal nerve plexus

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA DISEASE; CORNEAL NEUROPATHY; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; DENSITY; DIABETIC NEUROPATHY; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE ANGIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NERVE FIBER; NERVE PLEXUS; NEUROPATHY; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; PERIPHERAL NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

AGED; CORNEA; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DIABETIC NEUROPATHIES; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, OPHTHALMOLOGICAL; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE FIBERS;

EID: 84865797940     PISSN: 02713683     EISSN: 14602202     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/02713683.2012.683507     Document Type: Article

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