Greater corneal nerve loss at the inferior whorl is related to the presence of diabetic neuropathy and painful diabetic neuropathy

We assessed whether a measure of more distal corneal nerve fibre loss at the inferior whorl(IW) region is better than proximal measures of central corneal nerve damage in relation to the diagnosis of diabetic peripheral neuropathy(DPN), painful DPN and quality of life(QoL). Participants underwent de...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Scientific reports 2018-02, Vol.8 (1), p.3283-8, Article 3283
Hauptverfasser:	Kalteniece, Alise, Ferdousi, Maryam, Petropoulos, Ioannis, Azmi, Shazli, Adam, Safwaan, Fadavi, Hassan, Marshall, Andrew, Boulton, Andrew J. M., Efron, Nathan, Faber, Catharina G., Lauria, Giuseppe, Soran, Handrean, Malik, Rayaz A.
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Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	692/163/2743/137 692/699/2743/137/138 Confocal microscopy Cornea Diabetes Diabetes mellitus Diabetic neuropathy Humanities and Social Sciences multidisciplinary Pain Peripheral neuropathy Quality of life Science Science (multidisciplinary)
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