Altered C-fiber function as an indicator of early peripheral neuropathy in individuals with impaired glucose tolerance

Diabetes Care

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 174-176

  Green, Alistair Q ^a   Krishnan, Singhan ^a   Finucane, Francis M ^b   Rayman, Gerry ^a  

^a IPSWICH HOSPITAL NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE OF METABOLIC SCIENCE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETIC NEUROPATHY; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; IMPAIRED GLUCOSE TOLERANCE; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; NERVE FIBER C; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DIABETIC NEUROPATHIES; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, NEUROLOGICAL; FEMALE; GLUCOSE INTOLERANCE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE FIBERS, UNMYELINATED; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES;

EID: 74249119046     PISSN: 01495992     EISSN: 19355548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2337/dc09-0101     Document Type: Article

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