Can Ultrasound of the Tibial Nerve Detect Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathy?: A cross-sectional study

Peripheral nerve imaging by portable ultrasound (US) may serve as a noninvasive and lower-cost alternative to nerve conduction studies (NCS) for diagnosis and staging of diabetic sensorimotor polyneuropathy (DSP). We aimed to examine the association between the size of the posterior tibial nerve (PT...

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Published in:	Diabetes care Vol. 35; no. 12; pp. 2575 - 2579
Main Authors:	RIAZI, Sheila, BRIL, Vera, PERKINS, Bruce A, ABBAS, Sherif, CHAN, Vincent W. S, NGO, Mylan, LOVBLOM, Leif E, EL-BEHEIRY, Hossam, BRULL, Richard
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Alexandria, VA American Diabetes Association 01.12.2012
Subjects:	Age Aged Biological and medical sciences Blood pressure Cross-Sectional Studies Diabetes Diabetes. Impaired glucose tolerance Diabetic Neuropathies - diagnosis Diabetic Neuropathies - diagnostic imaging Diabetic neuropathy Digital signal processors Endocrine pancreas. Apud cells (diseases) Endocrinopathies Etiopathogenesis. Screening. Investigations. Target tissue resistance Female Hospitals Humans Male Medical sciences Metabolic diseases Middle Aged Miscellaneous Original Research Public health. Hygiene Public health. Hygiene-occupational medicine Regression analysis Studies Tibial Nerve - diagnostic imaging Tibial Nerve - pathology Ultrasonic imaging Ultrasonography Variables Ontario United States > US Endocrinopathy Sonography Human Nervous system diseases Tibial nerve Nutrition Diabetes mellitus Cross sectional study Metabolic diseases Peripheral nerve disease Ultrasound Endocrinology
ISSN:	0149-5992, 1935-5548, 1935-5548
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