Skin biopsy is helpful for the diagnosis of rare neurological disorders;La biopsie cutanee: Une aide precieuse pour le diagnostic d'affections neurologiques rares

Annales de Dermatologie et de Venereologie

Volumn 126, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 723-724

  Corcia, Ph ^a   Martin, L ^b  

^a CHU BRETONNEAU   (France)

^b SERVICE DE DERMATOLOGIE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLYCOSAMINOGLYCAN; LIPOFUSCIN; BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTERY DISEASE; ARTICLE; EMERY DREIFUSS MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; HEREDITARY MOTOR SENSORY NEUROPATHY; HUMAN; LEUKOENCEPHALOPATHY; MUCOPOLYSACCHARIDOSIS; MYOCLONUS EPILEPSY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; SKIN BIOPSY; BIOPSY; CELL ORGANELLE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MULTIINFARCT DEMENTIA; MUSCLE DISEASE; PATHOLOGY; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; SKIN; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BIOPSY; DEMENTIA, MULTI-INFARCT; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LAFORA DISEASE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MUSCULAR DISEASES; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; ORGANELLES; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; SKIN;

EID: 0033201940     PISSN: 01519638     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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