Autoimmunity and diabetic neuropathy

Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 371-373

  Canal, Nicola ^a   Nemni, Raffaello ^b  

^a SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Autoantibody; Autoimmunity; Diabetes; Neuropathy

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR ANTIBODY; PHOSPHOLIPID ANTIBODY;

ADRENAL MEDULLA; AUTOIMMUNITY; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; DIABETIC NEUROPATHY; HUMAN; NERVE INJURY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ADRENAL MEDULLA; AUTOANTIBODIES; AUTOIMMUNITY; DIABETIC NEUROPATHIES; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE; HUMANS; NERVE GROWTH FACTORS; PARASYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM;

EID: 0030721016     PISSN: 10656766     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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