Subclinical peripheral neuropathy in stable middle-aged patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Singapore Medical Journal

Volumn 48, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 887-894

  Agrawal, D ^a   Vohra, R ^a   Gupta, Prem Parkash ^a   Sood, S ^a  

^a POST GRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; Electrophysiological study; Nerve conduction; Peripheral neuropathy; Subclinical neuropathy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ARTICLE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LATENT PERIOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; MOTOR NERVE; NERVE CONDUCTION; PERIPHERAL NERVE; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; PERONEUS NERVE; SAMPLE SIZE; SENSORY NERVE; SMOKING; SURAL NERVE; ULNAR NERVE; VOLUNTEER; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COHORT ANALYSIS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COHORT STUDIES; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURAL CONDUCTION; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; PERONEAL NERVE; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; ULNAR NERVE;

EID: 38449089614     PISSN: 00375675     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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