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SUBMITTER: Abdelsadek SE
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6245139 | biostudies-other | 2018
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Abdelsadek Seham E SE El Saghier Entesar O EO Abdel Raheem Sabah I SI
The Egyptian journal of neurology, psychiatry and neurosurgery 20181120 1
<h4>Background</h4>Some clinical studies demonstrated a significant association between vitamin D deficiency and diabetic peripheral neuropathy (DPN).<h4>Objective</h4>This study aims to evaluate the correlation between serum levels of 25(OH) vitamin D and DPN in Egyptian patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM).<h4>Patients and method</h4>Sixty patients were known to have T2DM, which classified into the following: group I included 40 patients with DPN and group II included 20 diabetic pati ...[more]