Guthoff Rudolf F.: Opening Remarks .............................. 7
Doblhammer Gabriele, Fritze Thomas, and Noerenberg Anja:
The Demography of Diabetes mellitus .......................... 9
Sieving Paul A.: Diabetic Retinopathy: Past, Present and
Future ...................................................... 21
Session 1: Advances in Diabetes Research
Hammes, Hans-Peter, and Busch Stephanie: Neurodegeneration -
Lessons for the Diabetic Retina ............................. 31
Ziegler Dan: Diabetic Neuropathy - Diagnostic and
Therapeutic Considerations .................................. 37
Reichenbach Andreas, and Bringmann, Andreas: Early Detection
of Glial Dysfunction in Diabetic Retinopathy ................ 61
Blüher Matthias: Obesity and Vascular Damage ................... 81
Baltrusch Simone, and Tiedge Markus: Mutations in the mtDNA
as a Cause of Blindness and Diabetes ........................ 91
Nawroth Peter Paul, Herzig Stefan, and Fleming Thomas:
Diabetic Complications: A Disease of Reactive Metabolites ... 99
Session 2: Ophthalmic Imaging: The Eye as a Biomarker for
Neuropathy
Dawczynski Jens: Novel Imaging Technique ...................... 109
Stachs Oliver, Kowtharapu Bhavani S., Allgeier Stephan,
Winter Karsten, and Köhler Bernd: Advances in In vivo
Imaging of Corneal Nerves .................................. 115
Köhler Bernd, Allgeier Stephan, Stachs Oliver,
Winter Karsten, and Bretthauer Georg: Software-based
Imaging and Quantitative Analysis of the Corneal
Sub-basal Nerve Plexus ..................................... 127
Petropoulos Ioannis N., Tavakoli Mitra, and Malik Rayaz A.:
Corneal Confocal Microscopy: A Surrogate Endpoint for
Diabetic Neuropathy ........................................ 143
Hovakimyan Marina, Wree Andreas, Stachs Oliver, Marfurt
Carl and Guthoff Rudolf F.: Pathogenesis of Corneal
Nerve Damage ............................................... 157
Wiedemann Peter and Yandiev Yanors: Diabetic Maculopathy -
Can Optical Coherence Tomography Guide the Management? ..... 171
Session 3: Diabetes Care - Today and Tomorrow
Gardner Thomas W. and Jackson Gregory R.: Early Detection
of Neural Dysfunction in Diabetic Retinopathy .............. 179
Schober Hans-Christof, and Paschke Daniel: Treatment of
Diabetes mellitus Type 2-A Practical Approach .............. 187
Bandello Francesco, Cicinelli Maria Vittoria, and Parodi
Maurizio Battaglia: Treatment of Diabetic Retinopathy ...... 195
Zhivov Andrey, Peschel Sabine, Schober Hans-Christof, Stachs
Oliver, Bambi Marie Therese, Kilangalanga Janvier, Winter
Karsten, and Guthoff Rudolf F.: Assessment of Diabetic
Neuropathy in Diabetes mellitus Type 2 Patients in
Democratic Republic of the Congo ........................... 203
Amoah Albert George Baidoe: Diabetes Research in Ghana ........ 211
Wiedemann Peter: Closing Remarks .............................. 219
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