Methods for assessing diabetic polyneuropathy: Validity and reproducibility of the measurement of sensory symptom severity and nerve function tests

Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 87-95

  Valk, G D ^a   Grootenhuis, P A ^a   Van Eijk, J Th M ^a   Bouter, L M ^a   Bertelsmann, F W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Diabetic polyneuropathy; Nerve function tests; Sensory symptoms

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETIC NEUROPATHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTOR NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE FUNCTION; PAIN; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSORY NERVE CONDUCTION; TEMPERATURE; VIBRATION SENSE;

ADULT; AGED; COLD; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DIABETIC NEUROPATHIES; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, NEUROLOGICAL; FEMALE; HEAT; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR NEURONS; NERVE FIBERS; NEURAL CONDUCTION; NEURONS, AFFERENT; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PERCEPTION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VIBRATION;

EID: 0033989740     PISSN: 01688227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-8227(99)00111-4     Document Type: Article

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