Painful diabetic polyneuropathy: Epidemiology, pain description, and quality of life

Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 123-128

  Galer, Bradley S ^a   Gianas, Ann ^b   Jensen, Mark P ^c  

^a Inst Educ Res Pain Med P   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Diabetes mellitus; Neuropathy; Pain; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DIABETIC NEUROPATHY; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAIN; QUALITY OF LIFE; RECREATION; SLEEP; STRESS;

DIABETIC NEUROPATHIES; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033988613     PISSN: 01688227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-8227(99)00112-6     Document Type: Article

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