Clinical utility of the DN4 questionnaire in the assessment of neuropathic pain in patients with type 2 diabetes: experience from a newly-created diabetes clinic in Cameroon
INTRODUCTION: Early diagnosis of peripheral neuropathy in people with diabetes mellitus is important. Screening tools are either expensive or cumbersome, and thus impractical in low-resource settings. The DN4 questionnaire is a simple alternative. We assessed the performance of the DN4 Questionnaire...
Main Authors: | Batakeh Ba Agoons, Donald Tchapmi, Anne Ongmeb Boli, Jean-Claude Katte |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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PAMJ
2020-08-01
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Series: | PAMJ Clinical Medicine |
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https://www.clinical-medicine.panafrican-med-journal.com/content/article/3/165/pdf/165.pdf
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