The Bruns-Garland Syndrome (Diabetic Amyotrophy): Revisited 100 Years Later

Archives of Neurology

Volumn 48, Issue 11, 1991, Pages 1130-1135

  Barohn, Richard J ^a   Sahenk, Zarife ^a   Warmolts, John R ^b   Mendell, Jerry R ^b  

^a THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY WEXNER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIABETES MELLITUS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE ATROPHY; NERVE BIOPSY; NEUROPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACTION POTENTIALS; AGED; CASE REPORT; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC NEUROPATHIES; FEMALE; HIP; HUMAN; LEG; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; MUSCULAR DISEASES; PAIN; PERIPHERAL NERVES; SYNDROME;

EID: 0025824752     PISSN: 00039942     EISSN: 15383687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archneur.1991.00530230038018     Document Type: Article

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