Are vitamin D and B deficiency relevant to the pathogenesis and treatment of diabetic neuropathy?

Future Neurology

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 235-238

  Alam, Uazman ^a   Asghar, Omar ^a   Malik, Rayaz A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

cholecalciferol; diabetes; diabetic complications; neuropathy; painful diabeticneuropathy; vitamin B; vitamin B12; vitamin D

Indexed keywords

7 DEHYDROCHOLESTEROL; ADVANCED GLYCATION END PRODUCT; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; BENFOTIAMINE; CALCIUM; GLUCOSE; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; THIOCTIC ACID;

CALCIUM HOMEOSTASIS; CALCIUM METABOLISM; COMORBIDITY; DIABETIC NEUROPATHY; DIABETIC PATIENT; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE; GLYCEMIC CONTROL; HUMAN; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NEUROPROTECTION; PATHOGENESIS; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY; VITAMIN DEFICIENCY; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

EID: 84861308383     PISSN: 14796708     EISSN: 17486971     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2217/fnl.12.24     Document Type: Review

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