Early detection of nerve fiber loss by corneal confocal microscopy and skin biopsy in recently diagnosed type 2 diabetes

D Ziegler, N Papanas, A Zhivov, S Allgeier, K Winter… - Diabetes, 2014 - Am Diabetes Assoc
We sought to determine whether early nerve damage may be detected by corneal confocal
microscopy (CCM), skin biopsy, and neurophysiological tests in 86 recently diagnosed type …

[HTML][HTML] Diagnostic utility of corneal confocal microscopy and intra-epidermal nerve fibre density in diabetic neuropathy

U Alam, M Jeziorska, IN Petropoulos, O Asghar… - PloS one, 2017 - journals.plos.org
Objectives Corneal confocal microscopy (CCM) is a rapid, non-invasive, reproducible
technique that quantifies small nerve fibres. We have compared the diagnostic capability of …

Corneal confocal microscopy identifies small-fiber neuropathy in subjects with impaired glucose tolerance who develop type 2 diabetes

S Azmi, M Ferdousi, IN Petropoulos, G Ponirakis… - Diabetes …, 2015 - Am Diabetes Assoc
OBJECTIVE Impaired glucose tolerance (IGT) through to type 2 diabetes is thought to confer
a continuum of risk for neuropathy. Identification of subjects at high risk of developing type 2 …

Surrogate markers of small fiber damage in human diabetic neuropathy

C Quattrini, M Tavakoli, M Jeziorska, P Kallinikos… - Diabetes, 2007 - Am Diabetes Assoc
Surrogate markers of diabetic neuropathy are being actively sought to facilitate the
diagnosis, measure the progression, and assess the benefits of therapeutic intervention in …

Diagnosis of neuropathy and risk factors for corneal nerve loss in type 1 and type 2 diabetes: a corneal confocal microscopy study

M Ferdousi, A Kalteniece, S Azmi… - Diabetes …, 2021 - Am Diabetes Assoc
OBJECTIVE To assess the diagnostic utility of corneal confocal microscopy (CCM) for
diabetic peripheral neuropathy (DPN) and the risk factors for corneal nerve loss …

Structure-function relationship between corneal nerves and conventional small-fiber tests in type 1 diabetes

GA Sivaskandarajah, EM Halpern, LE Lovblom… - Diabetes …, 2013 - Am Diabetes Assoc
OBJECTIVE In vivo corneal confocal microscopy (IVCCM) has been proposed as a
noninvasive technique to assess small nerve fiber structural morphology. We investigated …

Corneal nerve loss detected with corneal confocal microscopy is symmetrical and related to the severity of diabetic polyneuropathy

IN Petropoulos, U Alam, H Fadavi, O Asghar… - Diabetes …, 2013 - Am Diabetes Assoc
OBJECTIVE To establish if corneal nerve loss, detected using in vivo corneal confocal
microscopy (IVCCM), is symmetrical between right and left eyes and relates to the severity of …

Small nerve fiber quantification in the diagnosis of diabetic sensorimotor polyneuropathy: comparing corneal confocal microscopy with intraepidermal nerve fiber …

X Chen, J Graham, MA Dabbah, IN Petropoulos… - Diabetes …, 2015 - Am Diabetes Assoc
OBJECTIVE Quantitative assessment of small fiber damage is key to the early diagnosis and
assessment of progression or regression of diabetic sensorimotor polyneuropathy (DSPN) …

[HTML][HTML] Corneal confocal microscopy detects neuropathy in patients with type 1 diabetes without retinopathy or microalbuminuria

IN Petropoulos, P Green, AWS Chan, U Alam… - PloS one, 2015 - journals.plos.org
Objective Corneal innervation is increasingly used as a surrogate marker of human diabetic
peripheral neuropathy (DPN) however its temporal relationship with the other microvascular …

[HTML][HTML] Corneal confocal microscopy: a non-invasive surrogate of nerve fibre damage and repair in diabetic patients

RA Malik, P Kallinikos, CA Abbott, CHM van Schie… - Diabetologia, 2003 - Springer
Aims/hypothesis The accurate detection, characterization and quantification of human
diabetic neuropathy are important to define at risk patients, anticipate deterioration, and …