Corneal confocal microscopy for assessment of diabetic peripheral neuropathy: A meta-analysi

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 100, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 9-14

  Jiang, Min Shan ^a,b   Yuan, Ying ^c   Gu, Zhao Xiang ^d   Zhuang, Song Lin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHANGHAI FOR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b The Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (United States)

^c SHANGHAI SECOND MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CORNEAL CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CORNEAL NERVE FIBRE DENSITY; DIABETIC NEUROPATHY; DIABETIC PATIENT; DIABETIC PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; NERVE BRANCH DENSITY; NERVE FIBER LENGTH; NERVOUS SYSTEM PARAMETERS; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLISHING; REVIEW; SELECTION BIAS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL PARAMETERS; TORTUOSITY COEFFICIENT; WEIGHTED MEAN DIFFERENCE; CORNEA; DIABETIC NEUROPATHIES; INNERVATION; NERVE FIBER; PATHOLOGY; TRIGEMINAL NERVE DISEASES;

CORNEA; DIABETIC NEUROPATHIES; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; NERVE FIBERS; TRIGEMINAL NERVE DISEASES;

EID: 84952639690     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: 14682079     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjophthalmol-2014-306038     Document Type: Review

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