Achilles tendon volume in type 2 diabetic patients with or without peripheral neurooathy: MRI study

Experimental and Clinical Endocrinology and Diabetes

Volumn 117, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 645-648

  Papanas, N ^a,b   Courcoutsakis, N ^a   Papatheodorou, K ^a   Daskalogiannakis, C ^a   Maltezos, E ^a   Prassopoulos, P ^a  

^a DEMOCRITUS UNIVERSITY OF THRACE   (Greece)

^b G Kondyli 22   (Greece)

Author keywords

Achillestendon; Diabetes mellitus; Diabetic foot; Diabetic neuropathy; MRI; Volume measurements

Indexed keywords

ACHILLES TENDON; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE MASS; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; THICKNESS;

ACHILLES TENDON; AGED; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DIABETIC NEUROPATHIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGAN SIZE;

EID: 70450257696     PISSN: 09477349     EISSN: 14393646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0029-1224121     Document Type: Article

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