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Diabetic neuropathy.
Diabetic neuropathy affects up to 60 percent of the estimated 13 million Americans who have diabetes mellitus. Foot and ankle complications are responsible for more hospital admissions than all other complications of diabetes mellitus combined. Neuropathy is more likely to affect patients who have higher degrees of hyperglycemia and a longer history of diabetes, and those who are older, taller ...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Canadian Journal of Diabetes
سال: 2013
ISSN: 1499-2671
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcjd.2013.01.039