Foot temperature in diabetic polyneuropathy: Innocent bystander or unrecognized accomplice?

Diabetic Medicine

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 231-238

  Rutkove, Seward B ^a,b   Chapman, K M ^a   Acosta, J A ^a   Larrabee, J E ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Diabetic polyneuropathy; Ischaemia; Pain; Pathogenesis; Temperature

Indexed keywords

BODY TEMPERATURE; COLD CLIMATE; COOLING; DEAFFERENTATION; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC NEUROPATHY; FOOT; HUMAN; ISCHEMIA; MEDLINE; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NERVE FIBER TRANSPORT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR;

BODY TEMPERATURE; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; COLD; DIABETIC NEUROPATHIES; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FOOT; HUMANS; ISCHEMIA; PAIN; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM;

EID: 14644429726     PISSN: 07423071     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-5491.2005.01486.x     Document Type: Review

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