Diabetic amyotrophy: A brief review

National Medical Journal of India

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 200-202

  Idiculla, Jyothi ^a   Shirazi, Naser ^a   Opacka Juffry, Jolanta ^b   Ganapathi, B ^a  

^a ST JOHN'S NATIONAL ACADEMY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALDOSE REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; AMITRIPTYLINE; AZATHIOPRINE; DESIPRAMINE; FLUOXETINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; SORBINIL; STEROID;

BABINSKI REFLEX; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DEMYELINATION; DIABETES CONTROL; DIABETIC NEUROPATHY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MERALGIA PARESTHETICA; MUSCLE ATROPHY; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; MYALGIA; NERVE FIBER DEGENERATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATELLA TENDON; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PHYSIOTHERAPY; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; REVIEW; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; TENDON REFLEX; TREATMENT PLANNING; VASCULITIS;

CHRONIC DISEASE; DIABETIC NEUROPATHIES; HUMANS; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; PAIN;

EID: 4444341205     PISSN: 0970258X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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