The effect of type-2-diabetes-related vascular endothelial dysfunction on skin physiology and activities of daily living

Journal of Diabetes Science and Technology

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 657-667

  Petrofsky, Jerrold Scott ^a  

^a LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Circulation; Diabetes; Review; Thermoregulation; Wounds

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; ROSIGLITAZONE; GLYCOSYLATED HEMOGLOBIN; HEMOGLOBIN A1C PROTEIN, HUMAN; INSULIN;

BALANCE IMPAIRMENT; BATH; BLOOD GLUCOSE MONITORING; BODY TEMPERATURE; BURN; CONFERENCE PAPER; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ELECTROSTIMULATION; ENDOTHELIAL DYSFUNCTION; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; EXERCISE; FUNCTIONS OF THE SKIN AND ITS APPENDAGES; GAIT DISORDER; HEATING; HUMAN; ISOMETRIC EXERCISE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PRESSURE; RACE; SKIN BLOOD FLOW; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; STANDING; STIMULUS RESPONSE; SWEAT; THERMOREGULATION; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; WEIGHT BEARING; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPOGLYCEMIA; MALE; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BLOOD GLUCOSE SELF-MONITORING; DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBIN A, GLYCOSYLATED; HUMANS; HYPOGLYCEMIA; INSULIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SKIN PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA;

EID: 84855790347     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19322968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/193229681100500319     Document Type: Conference Paper

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