Skin denervation in type 2 diabetes: correlations with diabetic duration and functional impairments

نویسندگان

  • Chia-Tung Shun
  • Yang-Chyuan Chang
  • Huey-Peir Wu
  • Song-Chou Hsieh
  • Whei-Min Lin
  • Yea-Hui Lin
  • Tong-Yuan Tai
  • Sung-Tsang Hsieh
چکیده

Departments of 1Pathology, 2Neurology and 3Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital and Departments of 4Forensic Medicine and 5Anatomy and Cell Biology, National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan Correspondence to: Dr Sung-Tsang Hsieh, Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, National Taiwan University College of Medicine, 1 Jen-Ai Road, Sec. 1, Taipei 10018, Taiwan E-mail: [email protected]

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تاریخ انتشار 2004