Proximal neuropathic lesions in distal symmetric diabetic polyneuropathy: Findings of high-resolution magnetic resonance neurography

Diabetes Care

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 721-723

  Pham, Mirko ^a   Oikonomou, Dimitrios ^a   Bäumer, Philipp ^a   Bierhaus, Angelika ^a   Heiland, Sabine ^a   Humpert, Per M ^a   Nawroth, Peter P ^a   Bendszus, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETIC NEUROPATHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISTAL SYMMETRIC DIABETIC POLYNEUROPATHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE DISPLAY; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE NEUROGRAPHY; MALE; NEUROGRAPHY; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; SCIATIC NERVE;

AGED; DIABETIC NEUROPATHIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYNEUROPATHIES;

EID: 79956128294     PISSN: 01495992     EISSN: 19355548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2337/dc10-1491     Document Type: Article

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