Utility of skin biopsy in diabetic neuropathy

Seminars in Neurology

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 163-171

  Kennedy, William R ^a,b   Wendelschafer Crabb, Gwen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIV OF MINNESOTA HOSP AND CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIABETIC NEUROPATHY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MORPHOLOGY; NERVE FUNCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN NERVE;

EID: 0030461648     PISSN: 02718235     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2008-1040972     Document Type: Review

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