[Diabetic neuropathy].
These are the guidelines for diagnosis and treatment of diabetic neuropathy. This diabetic late complication comprises a number of mono- and polyneuropathies, plexopathies, radiculopathies and autonomic neuropathy. The position statement summarizes characteristic clinical symptoms and techniques for diagnostic assessment of diabetic neuropathy. Recommendations for the therapeutic management of diabetic neuropathy, especially for the control of pain in sensorimotoric neuropathy, are provided.
Lechleitner
Monika
M
Universitätsklinik für Innere Medizin, Innsbruck, Osterreich. monika.lechleitner@uibk.ac.at
Francesconi
Mario
M
Abrahamian
Heidemarie
H
D003929:Diabetic Neuropathies / Q000145:classification / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy*; D004594:Electrophysiology; D006801:Humans; D009460:Neurologic Examination