AAEM case report 13: Diabetic amyotrophy

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 939-945

  Chokroverty, Sudhansu ^a,b,c,d   Sander, Howard W ^a,b  

^a ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d RUTGERS ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

amyotrophy; diabetes; electromyography; pathogenesis; proximal lower extremity neuropathy

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC NEUROPATHY; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE ATROPHY; NERVE CONDUCTION; PAIN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNDROME; THIGH;

AGED; DIABETIC NEUROPATHIES; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MALE; NEURAL CONDUCTION;

EID: 0029808917     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4598(199608)19:8<939::AID-MUS1>3.0.CO;2-9     Document Type: Article

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