title: [Effects of the artificial pancreas on peripheral nerve function in the diabetic].
abstract: Twenty-one diabetic subjects were studied; all manifested fasting hyperglycemia and elevated Hb A1C. Motor conduction velocity of the median, ulnar and peroneal nerves; F wave of the peroneal nerve; sensory conduction velocity and sensory potential amplitude of the median and ulnar nerves and H reflex were determinated immediately before and after two days of strict glucose control with an artificial endocrine pancreas. A significant and acute improvement of some electrophysiological parameters led us to presume that repair of structural lesions would be unlikely. Only a metabolic disturbance, due to hyperglycemia, can be rapidly corrected.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D003929:Diabetic Neuropathies / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D007332:Insulin Infusion Systems; D008875:Middle Aged; D009046:Motor Neurons / Q000502:physiology; D009431:Neural Conduction; D009475:Neurons, Afferent / Q000502:physiology; D010525:Peripheral Nerves / Q000503:physiopathology; D012023:Reflex, Monosynaptic
vernacular_title: Effets du pancréas artificiel sur les fonctions nerveuses périphériques chez le diabétique.