Painful diabetic neuropathy: Impact of an alternative approach

Diabetes Care

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 999-1001

  Gillespie, Elena A ^a   Gillespie, Brenda W ^b   Stevens, Martin J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETIC NEUROPATHY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PAIN ASSESSMENT; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REIKI; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; ANALGESICS; DIABETIC NEPHROPATHIES; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEURITIS; PERCEPTION; PLACEBOS; QUALITY OF LIFE; THERAPEUTIC TOUCH; WALKING;

EID: 34147145514     PISSN: 01495992     EISSN: 01495992     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2337/dc06-1475     Document Type: Article

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