Corneal Confocal Microscopy: A Non-Invasive Surrogate Marker of Small Nerve Fibre Damage and Repair in Patients with Small Fibre Neuropathy

Corneal Confocal Microscopy: A Non-Invasive Surrogate Marker of Small Nerve Fibre Damage and Repair in Patients with Small Fibre Neuropathy

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Aim: ‘Painful neuropathy’ is presumed to be secondary to small fibre damage from a variety of causes. Methods to detect, characterize and quantify small fibre damage are time consuming and highly variable (QST’s), or invasive (skin or nerve biopsy). We have recently shown that corneal nerve damage a...

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Main Authors: M Tavakoli, AG Marshall, Rayaz A Malik, N Efron
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Tehran University of Medical Sciences 2005-10-01
Series:Iranian Journal of Public Health
Subjects:
Peripheral- small fibre- neuropathy
Quantitative neuropathy tests
Peripheral nerves
Online Access:http://journals.tums.ac.ir/PdfMed.aspx?pdf_med=/upload_files/pdf/2438.pdf&manuscript_id=2438

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