The scope of the present review is to describe epidemiology, classification, symptomatology and treatment of diabetic peripheral somatic neuropathy and autonomic neuropathy. Special attention is paid to the use of local anaesthetic agents in painful diabetic neuropathy. Denervation hypersensitivity
Treatment of symptomatic diabetic neuropathy
โ Scribed by Andrew J. M. Boulton
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2003
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 88 KB
- Volume
- 19
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1520-7552
- DOI
- 10.1002/dmrr.361
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