Erythromelalgia in a diabetic patient managed with gabapentin

Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 2008, Pages

  Pipili, Chrisoula ^a   Cholongitas, Evangelos ^a  

^a General Hospital of Sitia   (Greece)

Author keywords

Diabetes mellitus; Erythromelalgia; Gabapentin

Indexed keywords

GABAPENTIN; GLICLAZIDE; HEMOGLOBIN A1C; METFORMIN;

AGED; CASE REPORT; DIABETES MELLITUS; ERYTHEMA; ERYTHROMELALGIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LEG EDEMA; LEG PAIN; LETTER; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMINES; ANALGESICS; CYCLOHEXANECARBOXYLIC ACIDS; DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; ERYTHROMELALGIA; FEMALE; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GLICLAZIDE; HUMANS; HYPOGLYCEMIC AGENTS; METFORMIN;

EID: 39549093577     PISSN: 01688227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diabres.2007.10.021     Document Type: Letter

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