Can ultrasound of the tibial nerve detect diabetic peripheral neuropathy?: A cross-sectional study

Diabetes Care

Volumn 35, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 2575-2579

  Riazi, Sheila ^a   Bril, Vera ^b   Perkins, Bruce A ^b   Abbas, Sherif ^a   Chan, Vincent W S ^a   Ngo, Mylan ^b   Lovblom, Leif E ^b   El Beheiry, Hossam ^c   Brull, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c Trillium Health Center   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIABETIC NEUROPATHY; DIABETIC SENSORIMOTOR POLYNEUROPATHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NERVE CONDUCTION; POINT OF CARE TESTING; POSTERIOR TIBIAL NERVE; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TORONTO CLINICAL NEUROPATHY SCORE; ULTRASOUND; ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER;

AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIABETIC NEUROPATHIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TIBIAL NERVE;

EID: 84869857429     PISSN: 01495992     EISSN: 19355548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2337/dc12-0739     Document Type: Article

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