Validation of a novel screening device (NeuroQuick) for quantitative assessment of small nerve fiber dysfunction as an early feature of diabetic polyneuropathy

Diabetes Care

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1169-1174

  Ziegler, Dan ^a,c   Siekierka Kleiser, Ewa ^a   Meyer, Bernd ^b   Schweers, Michael ^b  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b Schweers Informationstechnologie   (Germany)

^c LEIBNIZ CENTER FOR DIABETES RESEARCH AT HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY DÜSSELDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AXONAL INJURY; COHORT ANALYSIS; COLD SENSATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DEVICE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC NEUROPATHY; EQUIPMENT; FEMALE; FUNCTION TEST; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTOR NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE FIBER DEGENERATION; NERVE FUNCTION; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PERONEUS NERVE; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; SCREENING; SENSORY NERVE CONDUCTION; SURAL NERVE; TEMPERATURE SENSE; VALIDATION PROCESS; VIBRATION SENSE;

ADULT; AGED; COLD; DIABETIC NEPHROPATHIES; DIABETIC NEUROPATHIES; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, NEUROLOGICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR NEURONS; NERVE FIBERS; NEURAL CONDUCTION; NEURONS, AFFERENT; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SENSORY THRESHOLDS;

EID: 18144377354     PISSN: 01495992     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2337/diacare.28.5.1169     Document Type: Article

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