Nerve ultrasound in diabetic polyneuropathy: Correlation with clinical characteristics and electrodiagnostic testing

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 379-384

  Hobson Webb, Lisa D ^a   Massey, Janice M ^a   Juel, Vern C ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Diabetes mellitus; Diabetic polyneuropathy; Fibular nerve; Nerve ultrasound; Polyneuropathy; Sural nerve

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIABETIC NEUROPATHY; ECHOGRAPHY; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PERONEUS NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; SURAL NERVE;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ANATOMY, CROSS-SECTIONAL; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; DIABETIC NEUROPATHIES; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERONEAL NERVE; SURAL NERVE;

EID: 84874248848     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: 10974598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mus.23625     Document Type: Article

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