Utility of assessing nerve morphology in central cornea versus whorl area for diagnosing diabetic peripheral neuropathy

Cornea

Volumn 34, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 756-761

  Pritchard, Nicola ^a   Dehghani, Cirous ^a   Edwards, Katie ^a   Burgin, Edward ^a   Cheang, Nick ^a   Kim, Hannah ^a   Mikhaiel, Merna ^a   Stanton, Gemma ^a   Russell, Anthony W ^b,c   Malik, Rayaz A ^d,e   Efron, Nathan ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c PRINCESS ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^e WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Qatar)

Author keywords

corneal confocal microscopy; corneal subbasal nerve plexus; diabetic peripheral neuropathy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSESSMENT OF HUMANS; CENTRAL CORNEAL NERVE FIBER LENGTH; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETIC NEUROPATHY; DIABETIC PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HUMAN; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEUROPATHY DISABILITY SCORE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VISUAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS; WHORL AREA CORNEAL NERVE FIBER LENGTH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORNEA; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DIABETIC NEUROPATHIES; FEMALE; INNERVATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE FIBER; PATHOLOGY; TRIGEMINAL NERVE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; CORNEA; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DIABETIC NEUROPATHIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE FIBERS; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRIGEMINAL NERVE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84932177810     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: 15364798     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ICO.0000000000000447     Document Type: Article

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