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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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Autores principales: 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.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group UK 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5818543/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29459766
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-21643-z