Prevalence of somatic small fiber neuropathy in obesity

International Journal of Obesity

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 226-235

  Herman, R M ^a,b   Brower, J B ^a,b   Stoddard, D G ^a   Casano, A R ^a   Targovnik, J H ^a,c   Herman, J H ^a   Tearse, P ^a  

^a BANNER GOOD SAMARITAN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Arizona State University   (United States)

^c CARL T HAYDEN VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

A( ) fiber; Bloodflow; C fiber; Capsaicin; Hyperglycemia; Pain; Wound

Indexed keywords

CAPSAICIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESENSITIZATION; FEMALE; FOOT; FOREARM; HEAT; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPERINSULINEMIA; LASER DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; LEAN BODY WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBID OBESITY; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE FIBER; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; NEUROPATHY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY NERVE; SKIN BLOOD FLOW; SKIN NERVE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SUPINE POSITION; TRANSCUTANEOUS NERVE STIMULATION; UNITED STATES; VASODILATATION;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BODY MASS INDEX; CAPSAICIN; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; HEAT; HUMANS; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPERINSULINISM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE FIBERS; OBESITY, MORBID; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; REACTION TIME; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; SENSATION DISORDERS; SKIN; TRANSCUTANEOUS ELECTRIC NERVE STIMULATION;

EID: 33846642113     PISSN: 03070565     EISSN: 14765497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ijo.0803418     Document Type: Article

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