Hypertriglyceridemia may cause a subclinical peripheral neuropathy

Electromyography and Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 39-41

  Drory, V E ^a,c   Groozman, G B ^a   Rubinstein, A ^b   Korczyn, A D ^a  

^a EMG Laboratory   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c TEL AVIV SOURASKY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NEUROPATHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FUNCTION TEST; HUMAN; HYPERTRIGLYCERIDEMIA; MALE; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVOUS SYSTEM ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ADULT; AGED; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; AXONS; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTRIGLYCERIDEMIA; HYPERVENTILATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; NEURAL CONDUCTION; NEURONS, AFFERENT; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REACTION TIME;

EID: 0032955114     PISSN: 0301150X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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