Acute painful diabetic neuropathy following severe weight loss

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 463-467

  Castellanos, Fernando ^a   Mascías, Javier ^a   Zabala, Juan Antonio ^a   Ricart, Cinta ^a   Cabello, Ana ^b   García Merino, Antonio ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO PUERTA DE HIERRO   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

diabetes; neuropathy; pain; weight loss

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DEPRESSION; DIABETIC NEUROPATHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; NERVE BIOPSY; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY NEUROPATHY; SURAL NERVE; WEIGHT GAIN; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; DIABETIC NEUROPATHIES; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLES; NEURAL CONDUCTION; PAIN; SURAL NERVE; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 0029866456     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4598(199604)19:4<463::AID-MUS6>3.0.CO;2-A     Document Type: Article

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