Differences in foot and forearm skin microcirculation in diabetic patients with and without neuropathy

Diabetes Care

Volumn 21, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 1339-1344

  Arora, Subodh ^a,b   Smakowski, Paula ^a   Frykberg, Robert G ^a,b   Simeone, Louis R ^a,b   Freeman, Roy ^a,b   Logerfo, Frank W ^a,b   Veves, Aristidis ^a,b,c  

^a BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c Deaconess Joslin Foot Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC NEUROPATHY; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; FOOT; FOREARM; HUMAN; HYPEREMIA; LASER DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; MALE; PATIENT CODING; SKIN BLOOD FLOW; VASODILATATION;

ADULT; AGED; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DIABETIC NEUROPATHIES; FEMALE; FOOT; FOREARM; HUMANS; MALE; MICROCIRCULATION; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR NEURONS; NEURAL CONDUCTION; NEURALGIA; PERONEAL NERVE; REFERENCE VALUES; SKIN;

EID: 0031904797     PISSN: 01495992     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2337/diacare.21.8.1339     Document Type: Article

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