Prevalence of Peripheral Neuropathy in Diabetic Patients

نویسندگان
Dehghan, Farzaneh ID 1
Shojaoddiny-Ardekani, Ahmad ID 2
Rahimi-saghand, Soodabeh ID 3
Soheilykhah, Sedigheh ID 4
Rashidi, Maryam ID 5

1 General Practitioner, Yazd Diabetes Research Center, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran

2 General Practitioner; Yazd Diabetes Research Center, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran

3 General Practitioner, Yazd Diabetes Research Center, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran

4 Assistant Professor of Endocrinology, Yazd Diabetes Research Center, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran

5 General Practitioner, Yazd Diabetes Research Center, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran

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چکیده

Abstract Objective: Diabetic peripheral neuropathy is the main risk factor of diabetic foot ulcer and its early diagnosis is important to prevent limb amputation. We assessed the prevalence of peripheral neuropathy in diabetic patients. Materials and methods: This cross-sectional study was performed on 352 randomly selected diabetic patients using a standardized ...

کلیدواژه‌ها
Diabetes, Peripheral neuropathy, Duration of diabetes, Prevalence