Thermal thresholds predict painfulness of diabetic neuropathies

Diabetes Care

Volumn 27, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 2386-2391

  Krämer, Heidrun H ^a   Rolke, Roman ^a   Bickel, Andreas ^b   Birklein, Frank ^a  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLD SENSATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEAFFERENTATION; DIABETIC NEUROPATHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HEAT SENSATION; HUMAN; MALE; MYELINATED NERVE; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE FIBER C; NERVE FUNCTION; NERVE INJURY; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; VIBRATION SENSE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COLD; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DIABETIC NEUROPATHIES; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEAT; HUMANS; HYPERALGESIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROBABILITY; PROGNOSIS; REFERENCE VALUES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TEMPERATURE SENSE;

EID: 4644337721     PISSN: 01495992     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2337/diacare.27.10.2386     Document Type: Article

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