Greater small nerve fibre damage in the skin and cornea of type 1 diabetic patients with painful compared to painless diabetic neuropathy.

Maryam FerdousiShazli AzmiAlise KaltenieceIoannis Nikolaos PetropoulosGeorgios PonirakisOmar AsgharUazman AlamAndrew MarshallAndrew J M BoultonNathan EfronHandrean SoranMaria JeziorskaRayaz Ahmed Malik

Published in: European journal of neurology (2021)

There is evidence of more severe neuropathy, particularly small fibre damage in the skin and cornea, of patients with painful compared to painless diabetic neuropathy.

Keyphrases

wound healing
type diabetes
oxidative stress
soft tissue
early onset
peripheral nerve
drug induced