Contribution of nerve biopsy findings to the diagnosis of disabling neuropathy in the elderly. A retrospective review of 100 consecutive patients

Brain

Volumn 119, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 1091-1098

  Chia, L ^a   Fernandez, A ^a   Lacroix, C ^a   Adams, D ^a   Plante V ^a   Said, G ^a  

^a BICÊTRE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Elderly; Nerve biopsy; Peripheral neuropathy; Vasculitis

Indexed keywords

AGED; AMYLOIDOSIS; ARTICLE; DEMYELINATING NEUROPATHY; DIABETIC NEUROPATHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LEPROMATOUS LEPROSY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONOCLONAL IMMUNOGLOBULINEMIA; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; MUSCLE BIOPSY; NECROTIZING ARTERITIS; NERVE BIOPSY; NERVE LESION; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PLASMA CELL DYSCRASIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL ROOT; VASCULITIS;

EID: 0029763911     PISSN: 00068950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/brain/119.4.1091     Document Type: Article

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