Comparison of diabetic neuropathy symptom score and medial plantar sensory nerve conduction studies in diabetic patients showing normal routine nerve conduction studies

Internal Medicine

Volumn 47, Issue 15, 2008, Pages 1395-1398

  An, Jae Young ^a   Park, Min Su ^b   Kim, Joong Seok ^a   Shon, Young Min ^a   Lee, Seung Jae ^a   Kim, Yeong In ^a   Lee, Kwang Soo ^a   Kim, Byoung Joon ^c  

^a The Catholic University of Korea   (South Korea)

^b National Cancer Center   (South Korea)

^c Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Diabetic Neuropathy Symptom (DNS) score; Diabetic polyneuropathy; Medial plantar sensory nerve

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DIABETIC NEUROPATHY; DIABETIC PATIENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; NERVE POTENTIAL; PATIENT REFERRAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SENSORY NERVE CONDUCTION; SURAL NERVE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; ACTION POTENTIAL; AGED; CASE CONTROL STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; HOSPITALIZATION; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE CONDUCTION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; TIBIAL NERVE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ADULT; AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC NEUROPATHIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURAL CONDUCTION; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SURAL NERVE; TIBIAL NERVE;

EID: 53749093663     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: 13497235     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.47.0901     Document Type: Article

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