Diabetic Neuropathies: Diagnosis and Management
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Diabetic neuropathies: diagnosis and management.
INTRODUCTION Changes in human behaviour and lifestyle over the last century have resulted in a dramatic increase in the incidence of diabetes worldwide. Neuropathy is a common and costly complication of both type 1 and type 2 diabetes. The prevalence of neuropathy is estimated to be about 8% in newly diagnosed patients and greater than 50% in patients with long-standing disease. There are two m...
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عنوان ژورنال: Neuroendocrinology
سال: 2013
ISSN: 1423-0194,0028-3835
DOI: 10.1159/000358728