text: Weak at the knees : The Lancet
  outline goes here The Lancet, Volume 354, Issue 9191, Page 1696, 13 November 1999 <Previous Article|Next Article>doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(99)08318-XCite or Link Using DOICopyright © 1999 Elsevier Ltd All rights reserved. Weak at the kneesOriginal TextGeorge Webster MRCP a, Huw Beynon FRCP a A 71-year-old man was referred to hospital in March, 1998, by his general practitioner with a 6-month history of leg weakness. He reported progressive difficulty over 2 months in climbing stairs or rising from a chair without using his arms, and his legs felt numb. He had no difficulty walking on the flat and was otherwise well. His diabetes had been diagnosed when he was aged 58 years; he was changed from oral hypoglycaemics to insulin after 11 years because of poor glycaemic control. He had un ...