Comparison of the microvascular response to transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation and postocclusive ischemia in the diabetic foot

Journal of Diabetes and its Complications

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 291-297

  Forst, Thomas ^a   Pfützner, Andreas ^a   Bauersachs, Rupert ^a   Arin, Meral ^a   Bach, Birgit ^a   Biehlmaier, Hildegard ^a   Küstner, Ernst ^a   Beyer, Jürgen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER MAINZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTERY OCCLUSION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETIC FOOT; DIABETIC NEUROPATHY; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; FEMALE; HALLUX; HUMAN; HYPEREMIA; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; LASER DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROGENIC INFLAMMATION; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN BLOOD FLOW; TRANSCUTANEOUS NERVE STIMULATION; VASODILATATION;

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC FOOT; FEMALE; FOOT; HUMANS; HYPEREMIA; ISCHEMIA; LASER-DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; SKIN; TRANSCUTANEOUS ELECTRIC NERVE STIMULATION;

EID: 19244369281     PISSN: 10568727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1056-8727(96)00078-5     Document Type: Article

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