Diabetic Amyotrophy or Proximal Diabetic Neuropathy an Immune-mediated Condition?

Internal Medicine

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 273-274

  Baba, Masayuki ^a  

^a HIROSAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

intravenous immunoglobulin therapy; nerve ischemia; vasculitis

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN;

DIABETIC NEUROPATHY; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; NOTE; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERIPHERAL NERVE;

DIABETIC NEUROPATHIES; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULINS, INTRAVENOUS; PERIPHERAL NERVES;

EID: 0035318780     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: 13497235     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.40.273     Document Type: Article

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