The prevalence of neuropathy and relationship with risk factors in diabetic patients: A single-center experience

Medical Principles and Practice

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 190-194

  Tamer, Ali ^a,b   Yildiz, Serpil ^a   Yildiz, Nebil ^a   Kanat, Mustafa ^a   Gunduz, Huseyin ^a   Tahtaci, Mustafa ^a   Celebi, Harika ^a  

^a ABANT IZZET BAYSAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Diabetes mellitus; Peripheral neuropathy; Polyneuropathy

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN A1C;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE DURATION; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; GLYCEMIC CONTROL; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; HYPERTRIGLYCERIDEMIA; INSULIN TREATMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROPATHY; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; POLYNEUROPATHY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING;

AGED; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DIABETIC NEUROPATHIES; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; MIDDLE AGED; NEURAL CONDUCTION; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 33646462164     PISSN: 10117571     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000092180     Document Type: Article

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