Small fiber peripheral neuropathy in wilson disease: An in vivo documentation by corneal confocal microscopy

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 1390-1395

  Sturniolo, Giacomo Carlo ^a   Lazzarini, Daniela ^a   Bartolo, Ottavia ^a   Berton, Marianna ^a   Leonardi, Andrea ^a   Fregona, Iva Angela ^a   Parrozzani, Raffaele ^b   Midena, Edoardo ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b IRCCS FONDAZIONE BIETTI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Corneal confocal microscopy; Subbasal nerve plexus; Wilson disease

Indexed keywords

PENICILLAMINE; TRIENTINE; ZINC ACETATE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL DENSITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; CORNEA SENSIBILITY; CORNEAL PARAMETERS; CORNEAL SUBBASAL NERVE PLEXUS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; FIBER TORTUOSITY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; NERVE FIBER; NERVE FIBER LENGTH DENSITY; NERVE PLEXUS; NUMBER OF BEADING; NUMBER OF BRANCHINGS; NUMBER OF FIBER; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISUAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS; WILSON DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; CELL COUNT; COMPLICATION; CORNEA; CORNEAL DISEASES; FOLLOW UP; HEPATOLENTICULAR DEGENERATION; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CELL COUNT; CORNEA; CORNEAL DISEASES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEPATOLENTICULAR DEGENERATION; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE FIBERS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84923370515     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: 15525783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.14-15004     Document Type: Article

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