A simple plaster for screening for diabetic neuropathy: A diagnostic test accuracy systematic review and meta-analysis

Metabolism: Clinical and Experimental

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 584-592

  Tsapas, Apostolos ^a,b   Liakos, Aris ^a   Paschos, Paschalis ^a   Karagiannis, Thomas ^a   Bekiari, Eleni ^a   Tentolouris, Nikolaos ^c   Boura, Panagiota ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Diabetic foot; Diabetic neuropathy; Diagnostic accuracy; Meta analysis; Neuropad

Indexed keywords

ADHESIVE AGENT; INDICATOR;

ADHESIVE INDICATOR TEST; ARTICLE; BANDAGES AND DRESSINGS; DIABETIC NEUROPATHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; HUMAN; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; META ANALYSIS; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OUTPATIENT; PATIENT SELECTION; POLYNEUROPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

DIABETIC FOOT; DIABETIC NEUROPATHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; META-ANALYSIS; NEUROPAD;

ADHESIVES; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DIABETIC NEUROPATHIES; HUMANS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84896488585     PISSN: 00260495     EISSN: 15328600     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.metabol.2013.11.019     Document Type: Article

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