Journal of General Practice

Takafumi Kawata

Publications

• Research Article
  Influence of Diabetes and Hemodialysis against Nerve Conduction Studies
  Author(s): Yoshikane Kato, Hiroshi Bando, Tomomi Fujikawa, Miyuki Narutaki, Masami Yamamoto, Hideki Kakutani, Yujiro Shirai, Kazuyo Ishikura, Kazuhiro Kusunoki, Saeri Tanaka, Takafumi Kawata, Setsuko Kanazawa, Sayuri Matsuzaki, Masahiro Bando and Shinnichi WakaYoshikane Kato, Hiroshi Bando, Tomomi Fujikawa, Miyuki Narutaki, Masami Yamamoto, Hideki Kakutani, Yujiro Shirai, Kazuyo Ishikura, Kazuhiro Kusunoki, Saeri Tanaka, Takafumi Kawata, Setsuko Kanazawa, Sayuri Matsuzaki, Masahiro Bando and Shinnichi Waka
  
  Background: Diabetic peripheral neuropathy (DPN) has been prevalent and discussed, and nerve conduction studies (NCS) has been continued. We have checked NCS using recently introduced useful DPN-Check device. Subjects and Methods: The subjects were 66 patients (pts) classified into 4 groups according to existence of diabetes mellitus (DM) and hemodialysis (HD); Group1: DM (+), HD (+) in 15 pts, group 2: DM (-), HD (+) in 15 pts, group 3: DM (+), HD (-) in 20 pts, group 4: 16 healthy controls. Methods included measurements of sural nerve conduction velocity (SNCV) and sural nerve action potential (SNAP) using HDN-1000. Results: Average age in each group was 64.4 years to 72.6 years. SNCV value of 4 group in average was 37.1 m/sec, 46.3 m/sec, 49.3 m/sec, 53.2 m/sec, respectively, and value of group 1 was significantly low.. Read More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2329-9126.1000343

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