Sonographic evaluation of the median nerve in diabetic patients: Comparison with nerve conduction studies

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 727-734

  Watanabe, Tsuneo ^a,b   Ito, Hiroyasu ^b   Morita, Ayako ^a   Uno, Yuriko ^a   Nishimura, Takashi ^a   Kawase, Harumi ^a   Kato, Yoshihiro ^b   Matsuoka, Toshio ^b   Takeda, Jun ^b   Seishima, Mitsuru ^b  

^a GIFU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b GIFU UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cross sectional area; Diabetes mellitus; Median nerve measurement; Neuropathy; Sonography

Indexed keywords

ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; CROSS SECTIONAL AREA; CROSS-SECTIONAL AREAS; DIABETES MELLITUS; MEDIAN NERVES; MOTOR NERVE CONDUCTION VELOCITY; NERVE CONDUCTION STUDY; NEUROPATHY;

ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECHOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; MOTOR NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE CONDUCTION; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; POLYNEUROPATHY;

EID: 66449083612     PISSN: 02784297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7863/jum.2009.28.6.727     Document Type: Article

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