“…R ecen tly in a s tu d y dealing w ith the biochem ical changes in K -W syn d ro m e tw o ad d itio n al cases w ith d iabetic glucose tolerance curves were m entioned [5]. A lthough it is know n th a t m y elo p ath y m ay occur in d iab etics [4,7,10], we do not believe th a t these cases belong to the c a teg o ry o f d iab etic m y elo p ath y because this condition is c h a ra c ter ized b y asy m m etric m u scu lar findings, affects m ainly the lower lim bs and is usually associated w ith severe pains.…”