Persistent postoperative complaints after whole sural nerve biopsies in diabetic and non-diabetic subjects

Diabetic Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 353-356

  Dahlin, Lars B ^a   Eriksson, Karl Fredrik ^a   Sundkvist, Cöran ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

nerve biopsy; sequele; sural nerve

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC NEUROPATHY; HUMAN; MALE; NERVE BIOPSY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SURAL NERVE;

ADULT; AGED; BIOPSY; DIABETIC NEUROPATHIES; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFERENCE VALUES; SURAL NERVE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0030986806     PISSN: 07423071     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9136(199705)14:5<353::AID-DIA343>3.0.CO;2-E     Document Type: Article

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