Corneal confocal microscopy to assess diabetic neuropathy: An eye on the foot

Journal of Diabetes Science and Technology

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1179-1189

  Tavakoli, Mitra ^a   Petropoulos, Ioannis N ^a   Malik, Rayaz A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Corneal confocal microscopy; Diabetic neuropathy

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN TYPE 4; HEMOGLOBIN A1C; SUBSTANCE P;

ALGORITHM; AUTONOMIC NEUROPATHY; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL GROWTH; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CORNEA CELL; CORNEA ULCER; CROHN DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC NEUROPATHY; DISEASE MARKER; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRY EYE; EPITHELIUM CELL; FABRY DISEASE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IN VIVO CORNEAL CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; INNERVATION; INTRA EPIDERMAL NERVE FIBER DENSITY; NERVE CELL; NERVE FIBER; NERVE INJURY; NERVOUS SYSTEM PARAMETERS; NONMYELINATED NERVE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SENSORY NEUROPATHY; SJOEGREN SYNDROME; SKIN BIOPSY; SMALL FIBER NEUROPATHY; CORNEA; DIABETIC FOOT; DIABETIC NEUROPATHIES; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; PATHOLOGY; PROCEDURES;

CORNEA; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC FOOT; DIABETIC NEUROPATHIES; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL;

EID: 84900524505     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19322968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/193229681300700509     Document Type: Conference Paper

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