title: Advanced diagnostic methods of small fiber diabetic peripheral neuropathy.
abstract: Early detection and diagnosis is most important in small fiber diabetic peripheral neuropathy (DPN) management. Traditionally used diagnostic methods could not detect different nerve fiber function and had low sensitivity and specificity and huge inter- and intra-individual variation and coefficient of variance. So we need more objective and sensitive and specific diagnostic tools. In this review, we will discuss about recently developed diagnostic methods of small fiber DPN.
authors.affiliation: Chonbuk National University Medical School, Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Research Institute of Clinical Medicine, San 2-20 Geumam-dong, deokjin-gu, Jeonju 561-756, Korea. pts@chonbuk.ac.kr
authors.forename: Tae Sun
authors.initials: TS
authors.lastname: Park
authors.forename: Hong Sun
authors.initials: HS
authors.lastname: Baek
authors.forename: Ji Hyun
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Park
mesh_terms: D001364:Awareness; D003929:Diabetic Neuropathies / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D009412:Nerve Fibers / Q000502:physiology*; D010523:Peripheral Nervous System Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D012678:Sensation Disorders / Q000209:etiology