Differential response to intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIg) therapy among multifocal and polyneuropathy types of painful diabetic neuropathy

Journal of Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1003-1008

  Kawagashira, Yuichi ^a   Watanabe, Hirohisa ^a   Morozumi, Saori ^a   Iijima, Masahiro ^a   Koike, Haruki ^a   Hattori, Naoki ^a   Sobue, Gen ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Diabetic neuropathy; Intravenous immunoglobulin therapy; IVIg; Pain; Quantitative sensory testing; Visual analog scale

Indexed keywords

CARBAMAZEPINE; HEMOGLOBIN A1C; IMIPRAMINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIABETIC NEUROPATHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIFOCAL DIABETIC NEUROPATHY; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RANKIN SCALE; SENSORY ANALYSIS; SYMMETRIC DIABETIC POLYNEUROPATHY; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; DIABETIC NEUROPATHIES; MIDDLE AGED; NEURALGIA; PAIN MEASUREMENT; POLYNEUROPATHIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DIABETIC NEUROPATHIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULINS, INTRAVENOUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURALGIA; PAIN MEASUREMENT; POLYNEUROPATHIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77953869335     PISSN: 09675868     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jocn.2009.12.013     Document Type: Article

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