Peripheral nerve dysfunction is reflected by loss of ankle reflexes but not by autonomic neuropathy in diabetic patients

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 740-743

  Sundkvist, G ^a   Lilja, B ^b   Nilsson, H ^b   Nilsson, J A ^b   Rosen I ^b  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

autonomic neuropathy; diabetic neuropathy; electroneurography; peripheral neuropathy; quantitative sensory thresholds

Indexed keywords

ACHILLES REFLEX; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NEUROPATHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIABETIC NEUROPATHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; MALE; NERVE CONDUCTION; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; ANKLE; DIABETIC NEUROPATHIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; REFLEX;

EID: 0030977898     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4598(199706)20:6<740::AID-MUS12>3.0.CO;2-Y     Document Type: Article

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