An elderly male with recent onset of mild diabetes mellitus developed diabetic amyotrophy. There were muscle atrophy and pain in the thighs without sensory changes. Multiple biopsies were made over a fourteen-month period and studied with light and electron microscopy. The changes of individual muscle fiber atrophy, typical of this disease, are described. DIABETES 16:181-90, March, 1967.
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