Aetiology of diabetic neuropathy - abstract

ABSTRACT

The diverse disorder of diabetic neuropathy seems to be due to a plethora of factors. No one factor seems to be solely reposible. There is a spectrum of probabilities which include mechanical and environmental factors as well as the milieu interieur which embraces chemical, genetic, metabolic, biochemical, toxic and vascular entities. This paper attempts to explore these probabilities with a view to their relevance to the pathogenesis of diabetics neuropathy (AU)