Muscle Weakness and Hyporeflexia; is Diabetic Neuropathy the Culprit?

Year 2015, Volume: 4 Issue: 1, 380 - 381, 01.01.2015

Kerem Ural1 İbrahim Akın2 , Canberk Balıkçı1 , Ümit Karademir3 Songül Toplu1

Abstract

Table 1. Serum biochemical analysis of a 7 years old male dog with DNeur receiving alpha lipoic acid. Tablo 1. Alfa lipoik asit uygulanan Diabetik nöropatili 7 yaşlı erkek köpekte serum biyokimyasal analiz sonuçları. Test mg/L reference interval Day 0 6 months later

Muscle Weakness and Hyporeflexia; is Diabetic Neuropathy the Culprit?

Abstract

Şekil 1. Diyabetik nöropatili köpeğin klinik görünümü. Fiziksel muayenede a belirgin bir kas zafiyet, c-d hiporefleksi ve hipotoni mevcuttu. Sol ön ayak etkilenmiş, olgu gönülsüz olarak yürümekteydi. Sağaltımı takiben 6. ayda e köpeğin daha iyi bir lokomotor aktiviteye sahip olduğu gözlemlenmekte

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