Electrical spinal-cord stimulation for painful diabetic peripheral neuropathy

Lancet

Volumn 348, Issue 9043, 1996, Pages 1698-1701

  Tesfaye, Solomon ^a,c,e   Watt, Jonathan ^c,d   Benbow, Susan J ^a,c   Pang, Kiang A ^b,c   Miles, John ^c,d   MacFarlane, Ian A ^a,c  

^a Walton Neuroscience Centre   (United Kingdom)

^b Department of Neurophysiology ^*  (United Kingdom)

^c WALTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d Pain Research Institute   (United Kingdom)

^e ROYAL HALLAMSHIRE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIABETIC NEUROPATHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTRODE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ELECTROSTIMULATION THERAPY; EPIDURAL SPACE; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SPINAL CORD STIMULATION;

EID: 0030597497     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(96)02467-1     Document Type: Article

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