Ultrastructural changes in peripheral nerve in hereditary motor and sensory neuropathy-Lom

Neuropathology and Applied Neurobiology

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 306-312

  King, R H M ^a   Tournev, I ^b   Colomer, J ^c   Merlini, L ^d   Kalaydjieva, L ^e   Thomas, P K ^a  

^a ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOFIA   (Bulgaria)

^c Obstetricia Hospital Sant Joan de Déu de Martorell Martorell Barcelona España   (Spain)

^d Institute of Orthopaedics   (Italy)

^e EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Axonopathy; Demyelination; Neuropathy

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; COLLAGEN; MYELIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALPHA TOCOPHEROL DEFICIENCY; ARTICLE; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; BLOOD VESSEL; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CYTOPLASM; DEMYELINATING NEUROPATHY; DEMYELINATION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENDONEURIUM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERTROPHY; MALE; MOTOR NEUROPATHY; NERVE BIOPSY; NERVE FIBER DEGENERATION; PERIODICITY; PLEOMORPHIC ADENOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMYELINIZATION; SCHOOL CHILD; SCHWANN CELL; SENSORY NEUROPATHY;

EID: 0007667246     PISSN: 03051846     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2990.1999.00174.x     Document Type: Article

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