Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice
Volume 73, Issue 3 , Pages 292-297 , September 2006

A simplified protocol to screen for distal polyneuropathy in type 2 diabetic patients

  • Luciana A. Costa

      Affiliations

    • Endocrine Division, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
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  • Jorge F. Maraschin

      Affiliations

    • Endocrine Division, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
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  • José H. Xavier de Castro

      Affiliations

    • Neurology Division, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
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  • Jorge L. Gross

      Affiliations

    • Endocrine Division, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
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  • Rogério Friedman

      Affiliations

    • Endocrine Division, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Serviço de Endocrinologia, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Rua Ramiro Barcelos 2350, Prédio 12-4° andar, 90035-903 Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil. Tel.: +55 51 3332 5188; fax: +55 51 2101 8777.

Received 18 April 2005 ,Revised 21 January 2006 ,Accepted 7 February 2006.

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doi: 10.1016/j.diabres.2006.02.005

Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice
Volume 73, Issue 3 , Pages 292-297 , September 2006

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