Published in Obesity and Diabetes Week, July 31st, 2006
Study 1: Loss of intraepidermal nerve fibers cannot explain pain in all cases of diabetic neuropathy.
"Many individuals with diabetes experience neuropathic pain, often without objective signs of large-fiber neuropathy. We examined intraepidermal nerve fibers (IENFs) to evaluate the role of small nerve fibers in the genesis of neuropathic pain," researchers in Australia report.
L. Sorensen and colleagues at the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital explained, "Twenty-five diabetic subjects with neuropathic pain and 13 without were studied. The pain...
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