Response to research letter in relation to paper by Bongaerts et al., a clinical screening score for diabetic polyneuropathy: KORA F4 and AusDiab studies (a single question screening test for the detection of diabetic peripheral neuropathy)
1 Institute of Biometrics and Epidemiology, German Diabetes Center, Leibniz Center for Diabetes Research at Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Auf´m Hennekamp 65, 40225 Düsseldorf, Germany. Electronic address: brenda.bongaerts@ddz.uni-duesseldorf.de.
2 Department of Endocrinology and Diabetology, University Hospital, Moorenstrasse 5, 40225 Düsseldorf, Germany; Institute for Clinical Diabetology, German Diabetes Center, Leibniz Center for Diabetes Research at Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Auf´m Hennekamp 65, 40225 Düsseldorf, Germany; German Center for Diabetes Research (DZD e.V.), partner Düsseldorf, Auf´m Hennekamp 65, 40225 Germany.
3 Baker IDI Heart and Diabetes Institute, 75 Commercial Road, Melbourne, Victoria 3004, Australia.
4 Institute of Biometrics and Epidemiology, German Diabetes Center, Leibniz Center for Diabetes Research at Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Auf´m Hennekamp 65, 40225 Düsseldorf, Germany.