[Peripheral neuropathy in infantile and juvenile diabetes. A neurophysiological study].
We report on the results of a study on the peripheral nerve function in 40 patients with type I diabetes mellitus with onset in pediatric age. Results have shown a significant decrease in motor and sensory nerve conduction velocities (NCV) in a high percentage of cases, correlated with the degree of metabolic control. The finding of NCV slowing also in patients with a history of diabetes of less than 10 years and the presence in these cases of a high number of complications (autonomic neuropathy, nephropathy, retinopathy) may suggest that peripheral neuropathy is an early-onset complication and that its prompt recognition through neurophysiological investigations can have some predictive value in forecasting other complications. This hypothesis is to be verified through prospective studies.
Campea
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L
Istituto di Clinica pediatrica, Universita La Sapienza, Roma.
Benedetti
P
P
Srouji
W
W
Camerota
V
V
Costantino
F
F
Turbacci
M
M
Emanuelli
O
O
Pelliccia
A
A
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D003922:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 / Q000150:complications*; D003929:Diabetic Neuropathies / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D009431:Neural Conduction; D009482:Neurophysiology
La neuropatia periferica nel diabete infantile e giovanile. Studio neurofisiologico.