Evaluation of the efficacy of thiamine and pyridoxine in the treatment of symptomatic diabetic peripheral neuropathy

East African Medical Journal

Volumn 74, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 803-808

  Abbas, Z G ^a   Swai, A B M ^a  

^a MUHIMBILI UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH AND ALLIED SCIENCES   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLACEBO; PYRIDOXINE; THIAMINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETIC NEUROPATHY; DIET THERAPY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAIN; PARESTHESIA; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TABLET; TANZANIA; THIAMINE DEFICIENCY;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; DIABETIC NEUROPATHIES; DIET SURVEYS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; DRUG MONITORING; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEG; MALE; PYRIDOXINE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; THIAMINE;

EID: 0031398747     PISSN: 0012835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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