Neuropeptide content of peripheral nerve in relation to nerve function in neuropathy

Clinical Neuropathology

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 181-189

  Bickel, A ^a,b   Grehl, H ^a   Butz, M ^a   Schmelz, M ^a   Engelhardt, A ^a   Neundorfer B ^a   Neuhuber, W L ^a   Handwerker, H O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ERLANGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Immunocytochemistry; Neuropathy; PGP 9.5; Sudomotor activity; Sural nerve biopsy

Indexed keywords

CALCITONIN GENE RELATED PEPTIDE; NEUROPEPTIDE Y; SUBSTANCE P; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE; VASOACTIVE INTESTINAL POLYPEPTIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; NERVE FUNCTION; PERIPHERAL NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONTENT; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSORY NERVE; SENSORY NEUROPATHY; SURAL NERVE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BIOPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE FIBERS; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROPEPTIDES; PERIPHERAL NERVES; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SURAL NERVE;

EID: 0033014493     PISSN: 07225091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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