Multiple cranial nerve palsies associated with type 2 diabetes mellitus

Singapore Medical Journal

Volumn 47, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 712-715

  Singh, N P ^a   Garg, S ^a   Kumar, Sachin ^a   Gulati, S ^a  

^a MAULANA AZAD MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Cranial nerve palsy; Diabetes mellitus; Diabetic neuropathy; Ophthalmoplegia; Tolosa Hunt syndrome

Indexed keywords

GLIMEPIRIDE; METFORMIN; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; ORAL ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; PREDNISOLONE; STEROID;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CAVERNOUS SINUS THROMBOSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRANIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; CRANIAL NEUROPATHY; DIABETIC NEUROPATHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; MUCORMYCOSIS; NERVE CONDUCTION; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPHTHALMOPLEGIA; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; PTOSIS; SEPSIS; TOLOSA HUNT SYNDROME; VISUAL ACUITY;

COMORBIDITY; CRANIAL NERVES; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DIABETIC NEUROPATHIES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FACIAL PARALYSIS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MIDDLE AGED; OCULOMOTOR NERVE DISEASES; OPHTHALMOPLEGIA;

EID: 33746905120     PISSN: 00375675     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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