Diabetic distal symmetric polyneuropathy: Effect of low-intensity laser therapy

Lasers in Medical Science

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 831-835

  Khamseh, Mohammad Ebrahim ^a   Kazemikho, Nooshafarin ^a,b   Aghili, Rokhsareh ^a   Forough, Bijan ^b   Lajevardi, Marjan ^c   Dabaghian, Fataneh Hashem ^b   Goushegir, Ashrafeddin ^b   Malek, Mojtaba ^a  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c MILAD HOSPITAL   (Iran)

Author keywords

Diabetes; Distal symmetric polyneuropathy; Low intensity laser therapy; Nerve conduction study

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; DIABETIC NEUROPATHY; DISTAL SYMMETRIC POLYNEUROPATHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVOUS SYSTEM POTENTIAL; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DIABETIC NEUROPATHIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LASER THERAPY, LOW-LEVEL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURAL CONDUCTION; PERONEAL NERVE; SURAL NERVE; TIBIAL NERVE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 83255194088     PISSN: 02688921     EISSN: 1435604X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10103-011-0977-z     Document Type: Article

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