Clinical correlates of painful diabetic neuropathy and relationship of neuropathic pain with sensorimotor and autonomic nerve function

European Journal of Pain

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 153-160

  Spallone, Vincenza ^a   Morganti, Roberto ^a   D'Amato, Cinzia ^a   Cacciotti, Laura ^a   Fedele, Tiziana ^a   Maiello, Maria R ^a   Marfia, Girolama ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Autonomic neuropathy; Diabetic neuropathy; Neuropathic pain; Painful neuropathy; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN A1C; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ABDOMINAL OBESITY; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVE; AUTONOMIC NEUROPATHY; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS; DEPENDENT VARIABLE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC NEUROPATHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDEPENDENT VARIABLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NERVE FUNCTION; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PERIPHERAL OCCLUSIVE ARTERY DISEASE; POLYNEUROPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; SENSORIMOTOR NEUROPATHY; SEX; SMOKING; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; VALSALVA MANEUVER; VIBRATION SENSE; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; DIABETIC NEUROPATHIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURALGIA; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 79251596558     PISSN: 10903801     EISSN: 15322149     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejpain.2010.06.011     Document Type: Article

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