Corneal confocal microscopy: Recent progress in the evaluation of diabetic neuropathy

Journal of Diabetes Investigation

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 381-389

  Papanas, Nikolaos ^a   Ziegler, Dan ^b,c  

^a DEMOCRITUS UNIVERSITY OF THRACE   (Greece)

^b LEIBNIZ CENTER FOR DIABETES RESEARCH AT HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY DÜSSELDORF   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL DÜSSELDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

Corneal confocal microscopy; Diabetic polyneuropathy; Small fibers

Indexed keywords

GLYCOSYLATED HEMOGLOBIN;

CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CORNEAL CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CORNEAL NERVE BRANCH DENSITY; CORNEAL NERVE FIBER DENSITY; CORNEAL NERVE FIBER LENGTH; CORNEAL NERVE FIBER TORTUOSITY; DIABETIC NEUROPATHY; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; DIABETIC SENSORIMOTOR POLYNEUROPATHY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; GLYCEMIC CONTROL; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; IMPAIRED GLUCOSE TOLERANCE; LANGERHANS CELL; NERVE CONDUCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN BIOPSY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VISUAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS;

EID: 84933671743     PISSN: 20401116     EISSN: 20401124     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jdi.12335     Document Type: Review

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