Evaluation of clinical tools and their diagnostic use in distal symmetric polyneuropathy

Primary Care Diabetes

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 77-84

  Pourhamidi, Kaveh ^a   Dahlin, Lars B ^b   Englund, Elisabet ^c   Rolandsson, Olov ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Biothesiometer; Diabetes mellitus; Nerve fibres; Neuropathy; Skin biopsy

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; CREATININE; GLUCOSE; HEMOGLOBIN A1C; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOPSY NEEDLE; BIOTHESIOMETER; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLD SENSATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETIC NEUROPATHY; DIAGNOSTIC EQUIPMENT; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DISABILITY SEVERITY; DISTAL SYMMETRIC POLYNEUROPATHY; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE; HEAT SENSATION; HEAT SENSITIVITY; HUMAN; IMPAIRED GLUCOSE TOLERANCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE FIBER; NEUROPATHY DISABILITY SCORE; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; ORAL GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; POLYNEUROPATHY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN BIOPSY; SURAL NERVE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; THERMAL STIMULATION; TOUCH; TUNING FORK; VIBRATION SENSE;

BIOTHESIOMETER; DIABETES MELLITUS; NERVE FIBRES; NEUROPATHY; SKIN BIOPSY;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BIOPSY; BLOOD GLUCOSE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DIABETIC NEUROPATHIES; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PRESSURE; PREVALENCE; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; SKIN; SWEDEN; TEMPERATURE; TOUCH; VIBRATION;

EID: 84895792447     PISSN: 17519918     EISSN: 18780210     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pcd.2013.04.004     Document Type: Article

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