title: Diabetic neuropathies: update on definitions, diagnostic criteria, estimation of severity, and treatments.
abstract: Preceding the joint meeting of the 19th annual Diabetic Neuropathy Study Group of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes (NEURODIAB) and the 8th International Symposium on Diabetic Neuropathy in Toronto, Canada, 13-18 October 2009, expert panels were convened to provide updates on classification, definitions, diagnostic criteria, and treatments of diabetic peripheral neuropathies (DPNs), autonomic neuropathy, painful DPNs, and structural alterations in DPNs.
authors.affiliation: Diabetes Research Unit, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals, Sheffield, UK. solomon.tesfaye@sth.nhs.uk
authors.forename: Solomon
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tesfaye
authors.forename: Andrew J M
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Boulton
authors.forename: Peter J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Dyck
authors.forename: Roy
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Freeman
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Horowitz
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Kempler
authors.forename: Giuseppe
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Lauria
authors.forename: Rayaz A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Malik
authors.forename: Vincenza
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Spallone
authors.forename: Aaron
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Vinik
authors.forename: Luciano
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Bernardi
authors.forename: Paul
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Valensi
mesh_terms: D003929:Diabetic Neuropathies / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans