General aspects of diabetes mellitus

U Alam, O Asghar, S Azmi, RA Malik - Handbook of clinical neurology, 2014 - Elsevier
Diabetes mellitus is a heterogeneous group of disorders characterized by hyperglycemia
due to an absolute or relative deficit in insulin production or action. The chronic …

Diabetic cardiomyopathy

O Asghar, A Al-Sunni, K Khavandi, A Khavandi… - Clinical …, 2009 - portlandpress.com
Diabetic cardiomyopathy is a distinct primary disease process, independent of coronary
artery disease, which leads to heart failure in diabetic patients. Epidemiological and clinical …

Diabetic cardiomyopathy–a distinct disease?

K Khavandi, A Khavandi, O Asghar… - Best practice & research …, 2009 - Elsevier
Diabetic individuals have a significantly increased likelihood of developing cardiovascular
disease. Whilst part of this association is explained by the presence of concomitant risk …

Corneal confocal microscopy detects early nerve regeneration in diabetic neuropathy after simultaneous pancreas and kidney transplantation

M Tavakoli, M Mitu-Pretorian, IN Petropoulos… - Diabetes, 2013 - Am Diabetes Assoc
Diabetic neuropathy is associated with increased morbidity and mortality. To date, limited
data in subjects with impaired glucose tolerance and diabetes demonstrate nerve fiber …

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] Rapid automated diagnosis of diabetic peripheral neuropathy with in vivo corneal confocal microscopy

IN Petropoulos, U Alam, H Fadavi… - … & visual science, 2014 - tvst.arvojournals.org
Purpose.: To assess the diagnostic validity of a fully automated image analysis algorithm of
in vivo confocal microscopy images in quantifying corneal subbasal nerves to diagnose …

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 …

Corneal confocal microscopy detects neuropathy in subjects with impaired glucose tolerance

O Asghar, IN Petropoulos, U Alam, W Jones… - Diabetes …, 2014 - Am Diabetes Assoc
OBJECTIVE Impaired glucose tolerance (IGT) represents one of the earliest stages of
glucose dysregulation and is associated with macrovascular disease, retinopathy, and …

Repeatability of in vivo corneal confocal microscopy to quantify corneal nerve morphology

IN Petropoulos, T Manzoor, P Morgan, H Fadavi… - Cornea, 2013 - journals.lww.com
Purpose: To establish intraobserver and interobserver repeatability, agreement, and
symmetry of corneal nerve fiber (NF) morphology in healthy subjects using in vivo corneal …

[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 …