Session 12

Date: Thurs. 5/7/09

Topics and Speakers:

Neurologic Complications, Yuen So, MD/PhD (Neurology)

Psychological Burden of Chronic Disease: Jodi Thomas, PhD (Psychology)

Topic 1: Neurologic Complications

Learning Objectives: After attending this session, the learner should be able to:

appreciate some of the ways in which neurologists categorize disorders of the nervous system
identify some of the major diseases of the nervous system
list the major neurologic complications involved in diabetes
describe how diabetes contributes to neuropathy

Key words: None available.

Assignment: To be completed before the session

Diabetic Neuropathy: The Nerve Damage of Diabetes. Article from the NIDDK National Diabetes Information Clearinghouse. On-line at http://diabetes.niddk.nih.gov/dm/pubs/neuropathies/
Brownlee M. Biochemistry and molecular cell biology of diabetic complications. Nature 2001. 414: 813-820. On-line at: http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v414/n6865/pdf/414813a.pdf

Supplementary Resources:

Feldman EL. Oxidative stress and diabetic neuropathy: a new understanding of an old problem. J Clin. Invest 2003. 111:431?433. On-line at http://www.jci.org/cgi/reprint/111/4/431
Thomas PK (1997). Classification, Differential Diagnosis, and Staging of Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathy. Diabetes 46 (Suppl 2):S54-S57. On reserve.
Endocrinology An Integrated Approach, by SS Nussey and SA Whitehead: The Endocrine Pancreas -- Read the section:
- Microvascular changes - diabetic retinopathy, nephropathy and neuropathy

FOR THE CLASSIC STUDY DEMONSTRATING THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN BLOOD GLUCOSE CONTROL AND COMPLICATIONS SEE: