Peripheral neuropathy: An often-overlooked cause of falls in the elderly

Postgraduate Medicine

Volumn 99, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 161-172

  Richardson, James K ^a   Ashton Miller, James A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALCOHOL ABUSE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; DRUG USE; ELDERLY CARE; HUMAN; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; KIDNEY DISEASE; MONOCLONAL IMMUNOGLOBULINEMIA; NERVE FUNCTION; PATIENT SELECTION; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; POLYNEUROPATHY; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SOMATOSENSORY DISORDER; THYROID DISEASE; VITAMIN DEFICIENCY;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; FOOT; HUMANS; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; PROPRIOCEPTION; SENSATION DISORDERS;

EID: 0029902747     PISSN: 00325481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00325481.1996.11946142     Document Type: Article

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