Neurobiology of Diabetic Neuropathy (International Review of Neurobiology, Volume 50) (International Review of Neurobiology)
Contributors: David Tomlinson (Editor); Ronald J. Bradley (Series Editor); R. Adron Harris (Series Editor); Peter Jenner (Series Editor)
Publisher: Academic Press
Published: August 5, 2002
Language: eng
Number of pages: 350
ISBN-13: 9780123668509
First sentence: Diabetic distal symmetric sensorimotor polyneuropathy, the most common peripheral neuropathy in developed countries, affects up to 60-70% of diabetic patients (National Institutes of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, 1995) and is the leading cause of foot amputation (Brand, 1982).