@article{5566f6276ab544c2b35e4db5f884c050,
title = "Pruritus induced self injury behavior: An overlooked risk factor for amputation in diabetic neuropathy?",
abstract = "Pruritus is a risk factor for self-injury behavior (SIB) in sensory polyneuropathies. Although diabetes patients have elevated risk for pruritus, there are no reports of SIB in diabetic neuropathy. We present the case of a diabetes patient with neuropathy, whose pruritus induced SIB, resulted in partial amputation of a toe.",
keywords = "Diabetes, Neuropathy, Pruritus, Self-injury",
author = "David Dorfman and George, {Mary Catherine} and Ronald Tamler and Julia Lushing and Alexandra Nmashie and Simpson, {David M.}",
note = "Funding Information: We thank Drs. Robert Blitzer, Lakshmi Devi, Neetu Dhadwal, and Melvin van Woert of the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai for their discussions and suggestions. This research was supported in part by an unrestricted grant from Eli Lilly and Company to the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai (Project F1J-US-X055; PI: David M. Simpson, MD). ",
year = "2014",
month = mar,
doi = "10.1016/j.diabres.2013.12.013",
language = "English",
volume = "103",
pages = "e47--e48",
journal = "Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice",
issn = "0168-8227",
publisher = "Elsevier Ireland Ltd",
number = "3",
}