Diabetic Neuropathy: Medical and Surgical Approaches

Clinics in Podiatric Medicine and Surgery

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 425-448

  Dellon, A Lee ^a,b,c  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c Inst for Peripheral Nerve Surgery   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED GLYCATION END PRODUCT; AMITRIPTYLINE; DESIPRAMINE; DULOXETINE; GABAPENTIN; GLUCOSE; HEMOGLOBIN A1C; HYDROMORPHONE; METHADONE; OXYCODONE; PREGABALIN; TRAMADOL; VENLAFAXINE;

AMPUTATION; BLOOD GLUCOSE MONITORING; DEBRIDEMENT; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC NEUROPATHY; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FOOT CARE; HUMAN; IMPAIRED GLUCOSE TOLERANCE; MEDICARE; NERVE DECOMPRESSION; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERIPHERAL NERVE; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; PERONEUS NERVE; POLYNEUROPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIAL NERVE; RAT STRAIN; REVIEW; RHESUS MONKEY; STREPTOZOCIN DIABETES; TARSAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; WOUND HEALING;

ANIMALS; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; DIABETIC NEUROPATHIES; HUMANS; NERVE COMPRESSION SYNDROMES; RATS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34347256327     PISSN: 08918422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cpm.2007.03.003     Document Type: Review

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