Foot temperature in type 2 diabetic patients with or without peripheral neuropathy

Experimental and Clinical Endocrinology and Diabetes

Volumn 117, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 44-47

  Papanas, N ^a,b   Papatheodorou, K ^a   Papazoglou, D ^a   Monastiriotis, C ^a   Maltezos, E ^a  

^a DEMOCRITUS UNIVERSITY OF THRACE   (Greece)

^b NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Diabetes mellitus; Diabetic foot; Diabetic neuropathy; Temperature measurement

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOOT; HUMAN; MALE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT;

AGED; BODY TEMPERATURE; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DIABETIC FOOT; DIABETIC NEUROPATHIES; FEMALE; FOOT; FOOT ULCER; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; THERMOMETERS;

EID: 61849179815     PISSN: 09477349     EISSN: 14393646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2008-1081498     Document Type: Article

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