Spatial analysis improves the detection of early corneal nerve fiber loss in patients with recently diagnosed type 2 diabetes

• Dan Ziegler ,

  * E-mail: dan.ziegler@ddz.uni-duesseldorf.de

  Affiliations Institute for Clinical Diabetology, German Diabetes Center at Heinrich Heine University, Leibniz Center for Diabetes Research, Düsseldorf, Germany, Department of Endocrinology and Diabetology, Medical Faculty, Heinrich Heine University, Düsseldorf, Germany, German Center for Diabetes Research (DZD), München-Neuherberg, Germany

  http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8956-3552

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• Karsten Winter,

  Affiliation Institute of Anatomy, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany

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• Alexander Strom,

  Affiliations Institute for Clinical Diabetology, German Diabetes Center at Heinrich Heine University, Leibniz Center for Diabetes Research, Düsseldorf, Germany, German Center for Diabetes Research (DZD), München-Neuherberg, Germany

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• Andrey Zhivov,

  Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, University of Rostock, Rostock, Germany

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• Stephan Allgeier,

  Affiliation Institute for Applied Computer Science, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Karlsruhe, Germany

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• Nikolaos Papanas,

  Affiliation Institute for Clinical Diabetology, German Diabetes Center at Heinrich Heine University, Leibniz Center for Diabetes Research, Düsseldorf, Germany

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• Iris Ziegler,

  Affiliation Institute for Clinical Diabetology, German Diabetes Center at Heinrich Heine University, Leibniz Center for Diabetes Research, Düsseldorf, Germany

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• Jutta Brüggemann,

  Affiliation Institute for Clinical Diabetology, German Diabetes Center at Heinrich Heine University, Leibniz Center for Diabetes Research, Düsseldorf, Germany

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• Bernd Ringel,

  Affiliation Institute for Clinical Diabetology, German Diabetes Center at Heinrich Heine University, Leibniz Center for Diabetes Research, Düsseldorf, Germany

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• Sabine Peschel,

  Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, University of Rostock, Rostock, Germany

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• Bernd Köhler,

  Affiliation Institute for Applied Computer Science, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Karlsruhe, Germany

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• Oliver Stachs,

  Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, University of Rostock, Rostock, Germany

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• Rudolf F. Guthoff,

  Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, University of Rostock, Rostock, Germany

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• Michael Roden,

  Affiliations Institute for Clinical Diabetology, German Diabetes Center at Heinrich Heine University, Leibniz Center for Diabetes Research, Düsseldorf, Germany, Department of Endocrinology and Diabetology, Medical Faculty, Heinrich Heine University, Düsseldorf, Germany, German Center for Diabetes Research (DZD), München-Neuherberg, Germany

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• German Diabetes Study (GDS) Group

  ¶Membership of the GDS is provided in the Acknowledgments.

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