Small-fiber sensory neuropathies: Clinical course and neuropathology of idiopathic cases

Annals of Neurology

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 47-59

  Holland, Neil R ^a,c   Crawford, Thomas O ^a   Hauer, Peter ^a   Cornblath, David R ^a   Griffin, John W ^a   McArthur, Justin C ^a,b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FOOT; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; MALE; NERVE BIOPSY; NERVE FIBER; NEUROPATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUNCH BIOPSY; SENSORY NEUROPATHY; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN NERVE;

ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BIOPSY; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURAL CONDUCTION; PAIN; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; PROPRIOCEPTION; REFERENCE VALUES; REFLEX, STRETCH; SENSATION DISORDERS; SKIN; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; SURAL NERVE;

EID: 0031927811     PISSN: 03645134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ana.410440111     Document Type: Article

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