Lower corneal nerve fibre length identifies diabetic neuropathy in older adults with diabetes: results from the Canadian Study of Longevity in Type 1 Diabetes

Affiliations

¹ Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute, Leadership Sinai Centre for Diabetes, Mount Sinai Hospital, L5209-60 Murray Street Box 16, Toronto, ON, M5T 3L9, Canada.
² Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.
³ Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.
⁴ The Ellen and Martin Prosserman Centre for Neuromuscular Diseases, Krembil Neuroscience Centre, Division of Neurology, Department of Medicine, University Health Network, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.
⁵ Research Division, Joslin Diabetes Center, Boston, MA, USA.
⁶ Department of Ophthalmology and Vision Sciences, Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.
⁷ Joint Department of Medical Imaging, Division of Cardiothoracic Radiology, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada.
⁸ Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute, Leadership Sinai Centre for Diabetes, Mount Sinai Hospital, L5209-60 Murray Street Box 16, Toronto, ON, M5T 3L9, Canada. bruce.perkins@sinaihealthsystem.ca.
⁹ Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada. bruce.perkins@sinaihealthsystem.ca.

Daniel Scarr et al. Diabetologia. 2017 Dec.

. 2017 Dec;60(12):2529-2531.

doi: 10.1007/s00125-017-4439-4. Epub 2017 Oct 3.

¹ Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute, Leadership Sinai Centre for Diabetes, Mount Sinai Hospital, L5209-60 Murray Street Box 16, Toronto, ON, M5T 3L9, Canada.
² Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.
³ Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.
⁴ The Ellen and Martin Prosserman Centre for Neuromuscular Diseases, Krembil Neuroscience Centre, Division of Neurology, Department of Medicine, University Health Network, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.
⁵ Research Division, Joslin Diabetes Center, Boston, MA, USA.
⁶ Department of Ophthalmology and Vision Sciences, Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.
⁷ Joint Department of Medical Imaging, Division of Cardiothoracic Radiology, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada.
⁸ Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute, Leadership Sinai Centre for Diabetes, Mount Sinai Hospital, L5209-60 Murray Street Box 16, Toronto, ON, M5T 3L9, Canada. bruce.perkins@sinaihealthsystem.ca.
⁹ Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada. bruce.perkins@sinaihealthsystem.ca.

No abstract available

Keywords: Corneal confocal microscopy; Corneal nerve fibre length; Diabetic neuropathy; Type 1 diabetes.

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