Journal of Diabetes and Its Complications
Volume 20, Issue 4 , Pages 216-223 , July 2006

Exercise training can modify the natural history of diabetic peripheral neuropathy

  • Stefano Balducci

      Affiliations

    • Health Care Team, Metabolic Fitness Association, Monterotondo, Rome, Italy
    • Department of Clinical Sciences, Endocrinology, University of Rome, La Sapienza, Rome, Italy
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  • Gianluca Iacobellis

      Affiliations

    • Department of Clinical Sciences, Endocrinology, University of Rome, La Sapienza, Rome, Italy
    • Center for Human Nutrition, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, TX 75390-9052, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Fax: +1 214 648 7150
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  • Leoluca Parisi

      Affiliations

    • Department of Clinical Neurology, La Sapienza University, Rome, Italy
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  • Nicolina Di Biase

      Affiliations

    • Health Care Team, Metabolic Fitness Association, Monterotondo, Rome, Italy
    • St. Pietro Hospital, FBF, Rome, Italy
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  • Eugenio Calandriello

      Affiliations

    • Health Care Team, Metabolic Fitness Association, Monterotondo, Rome, Italy
    • Department of Clinical Neurology, La Sapienza University, Rome, Italy
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  • Frida Leonetti

      Affiliations

    • Department of Clinical Sciences, Endocrinology, University of Rome, La Sapienza, Rome, Italy
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  • Francesco Fallucca

      Affiliations

    • Department of Clinical Sciences, La Sapienza University II Faculty (St. Andrea Hospital), Rome, Italy

Received 26 August 2004 ,Revised 25 February 2005 ,Accepted 5 July 2005.

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doi: 10.1016/j.jdiacomp.2005.07.005

Journal of Diabetes and Its Complications
Volume 20, Issue 4 , Pages 216-223 , July 2006

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