title: Diabetic neuropathy part 2: proximal and asymmetric phenotypes.
abstract: Diabetic neuropathies consist of a variety of syndromes resulting from different types of damage to peripheral or cranial nerves. Although distal symmetric polyneuropathy is the most common type of diabetic neuropathy, many other subtypes have been defined since the 1800s, including proximal diabetic, truncal, cranial, median, and ulnar neuropathies. Various theories have been proposed for the pathogenesis of these neuropathies. The treatment of most requires tight and stable glycemic control. Spontaneous recovery is seen in most of these conditions with diabetic control. Immunotherapies have been tried in some of these conditions however are controversial.
authors: Department of Neurology, University of Kansas Medical Center, 3599 Rainbow Boulevard, Mail-Stop 2012, Kansas City, KS 66160, USA. mpasnoor@kumc.edu
authors: Mamatha
authors: M
authors: Pasnoor
authors: Mazen M
authors: MM
authors: Dimachkie
authors: Richard J
authors: RJ
authors: Barohn
mesh_terms: D003920:Diabetes Mellitus / Q000503:physiopathology*; D003929:Diabetic Neuropathies / Q000150:complications* / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D010641:Phenotype; D011115:Polyneuropathies / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology
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