Changes of unmyelinated nerve fibers in sural nerve in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, Parkinson's disease and multiple system atrophy

Acta Neuropathologica

Volumn 91, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 145-154

  Kanda, Takashi ^a   Tsukagoshi, Hiroshi ^a   Oda, Masaya ^b   Miyamoto, Kazuhito ^b   Tanabe, Hitoshi ^b  

^a TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOKYO METROPOLITAN NEUROLOGICAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; Morphometry; Multiple system atrophy; Parkinson's disease; Unmyelinated nerve fibres

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; ASSISTED VENTILATION; AUTOPSY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENSITY; HISTOGRAM; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MORPHOLOGY; MOTOR SYSTEM; MYELINATED NERVE; NERVE FIBER; NONMYELINATED NERVE; PARKINSON DISEASE; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHWANN CELL; SHY DRAGER SYNDROME; SURAL NERVE; SURVIVAL;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ATROPHY; CELL COUNT; DEMYELINATING DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARKINSON DISEASE; SCHWANN CELLS; SURAL NERVE;

EID: 0030051863     PISSN: 00016322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004010050406     Document Type: Article

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