Medical Engineering & Physics
Volume 32, Issue 4 , Pages 407-413 , May 2010

Recovery of 0.1Hz microvascular skin blood flow in dysautonomic diabetic (type 2) neuropathy by using Frequency Rhythmic Electrical Modulation System (FREMS)

  • L. Bocchi

      Affiliations

    • Dept. of Electronics and Telecommunications, University of Florence, Via S Marta 3, 50139 Florence, Italy
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +39 055 4796 553.
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  • A. Evangelisti

      Affiliations

    • Dept. of Systems and Informatics, University of Florence, Florence, Italy
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  • M. Barrella

      Affiliations

    • Endocrine and Diabetes Unit, Sacco Hospital, Milan, Italy
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  • L. Scatizzi

      Affiliations

    • Dept. of Electronics and Telecommunications, University of Florence, Via S Marta 3, 50139 Florence, Italy
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  • M. Bevilacqua

      Affiliations

    • L. Sacco Hospital, Department of Endocrinology, Milan, Italy

Received 26 June 2009 ,Revised 21 December 2009 ,Accepted 3 February 2010.

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doi: 10.1016/j.medengphy.2010.02.004

Medical Engineering & Physics
Volume 32, Issue 4 , Pages 407-413 , May 2010

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