Predictors of barefoot plantar pressure during walking in patients with diabetes, peripheral neuropathy and a history of ulceration [PDF]
OBJECTIVE:Elevated dynamic plantar foot pressures significantly increase the risk of foot ulceration in diabetes mellitus. The aim was to determine which factors predict plantar pressures in a population of diabetic patients who are at high-risk of foot ...
Barn, Ruth +4 more
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Background: Gout is the most common inflammatory arthritis worldwide. It is a painful inflammatory disease induced by the deposition of monosodium urate (MSU) crystals in the joints and peri-articular tissues.
Victor Fattori +11 more
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Is resistance to ischaemia of motor axons in diabetic subjects due to membrane depolarization? [PDF]
The reasons for the resistance to ischaemia of peripheral nerves in diabetics are not well understood. We have now explored whether axonal depolarization underlies this phenomenon, as has previously been proposed.
Baker +34 more
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The neuroinflammatory role of Schwann cells in disease
Peripheral neuropathies are associated with a variety of clinical symptoms ranging from motor and sensory symptoms to autonomic dysfunction. The primary disease causes for peripheral nerve disorders are also very heterogeneous, including genetic causes ...
Elke Ydens +5 more
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The Impact of poor glycaemic control on the prevalence of erectile dysfunction in men with type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: A Systematic Review. [PDF]
To determine the impact of poor glycaemic control on the prevalence of erectile dysfunction among men with type 2 Diabetics aged 27 to 85 years.The databases Embase classic+Embase, Global health, Ovid Medline and PsychINFO, were searched for relevant ...
Alsaad, S +4 more
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Disease mechanisms in hereditary sensory and autonomic neuropathies
Inherited peripheral neuropathies are common monogenically inherited diseases of the peripheral nervous system. In the most common variant, i.e., the hereditary motor and sensory neuropathies, both motor and sensory nerves are affected.
Nathalie Verpoorten +2 more
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Guillain-Barré syndrome: a century of progress [PDF]
In 1916, Guillain, Barré and Strohl reported on two cases of acute flaccid paralysis with high cerebrospinal fluid protein levels and normal cell counts — novel findings that identified the disease we now know as Guillain–Barré syndrome (GBS).
A Campbell +91 more
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Background/Objectives: Co-culture models of neurons and Schwann cells have been used to explore the mechanisms of myelination during development, axonal regeneration after injury, and the pathogenesis of various demyelinating neuropathies.
Shizuka Takaku, Kazunori Sango
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OPA1-related auditory neuropathy: site of lesion and outcome of cochlear implantation. [PDF]
Hearing impairment is the second most prevalent clinical feature after optic atrophy in Dominant Optic Atrophy associated with mutations in the OPA1 gene.
Arslan, E +12 more
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The Comparison of Gabapentin and Amitriptilin Effectivity as Pain Therapy in Herniated Nucleus Pulposus [PDF]
Herniated nucleus pulposus (HNP) is one of peripheral neuropathic pain. Although concensus guidelines for the treatment of neuropathic pain are based on the results of the RCT studies, there are still gaps in the literatures.
Cahyaningsih, I. (Indriastuti) +2 more
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