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Diabetic amyotrophy, a complication of diabetes, is diabetic neuropathy characterized by muscle wasting and weakness. It affects the lower limbs and is typically asymmetric.

Clinical presentation


  • proximal muscle wasting and tenderness of thigh muscles
  • loss of knee reflexes

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Diseases

 

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