Standardizing corneal nerve fibre length for nerve tortuosity increases its association with measures of diabetic neuropathy

Diabetic Medicine

Volumn 31, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 1205-1209

  Edwards, Katie ^a   Pritchard, N ^a   Vagenas, D ^a   Russell, A ^b,c   Malik, R A ^d   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)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEAL NERVE; DIABETIC NEUROPATHY; DISABILITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; NERVE; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE FIBER; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSORY SYSTEM EXAMINATION; SYMPTOM ASSESSMENT; TEMPERATURE SENSE; VIBRATION SENSE; AGED; AUSTRALIA; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPLICATION; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CORNEA; DIABETIC NEUROPATHIES; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; INNERVATION; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; VISUAL SYSTEM EXAMINATION;

ADULT; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; CORNEA; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DIABETIC NEUROPATHIES; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, OPHTHALMOLOGICAL; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE FIBERS; NEURAL CONDUCTION; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; QUEENSLAND; RISK FACTORS; ROC CURVE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOFTWARE;

EID: 84920192206     PISSN: 07423071     EISSN: 14645491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/dme.12466     Document Type: Article

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