The diabetic hand: a forgotten complication?

Journal of Diabetes and its Complications

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 154-162

  Papanas, Nikolaos ^a   Maltezos, Efstratios ^a  

^a Diabetes and Metabolism   (Greece)

Author keywords

Complications; Diabetes mellitus; Diabetic hand; Microvascular disease

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; SORBINIL; STEROID;

ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; COMPLEX REGIONAL PAIN SYNDROME TYPE I; CUBITAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC HAND; DIABETIC NEUROPATHY; DISEASE DURATION; DUPUYTREN CONTRACTURE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GLYCEMIC CONTROL; HAND DISEASE; HAND INFECTION; HAND STRENGTH; HAND SURGERY; HUMAN; JOINT LIMITATION; JOINT MOBILITY; METABOLIC REGULATION; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM EXAMINATION; NAIL DISEASE; NERVE COMPRESSION; NEUROPATHIC JOINT DISEASE; NONHUMAN; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SHOULDER HAND SYNDROME; SKIN DISEASE; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; TRIGGER FINGER; TROPICAL DIABETIC HAND SYNDROME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; CHILD; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DUPUYTREN CONTRACTURE; FEMALE; HAND; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TRIGGER FINGER DISORDER; ULCER; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77953129256     PISSN: 10568727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jdiacomp.2008.12.009     Document Type: Review

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