Epidermal nerve fiber density and sural nerve morphometry in peripheral neuropathies

Neurology

Volumn 53, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 1634-1640

  Herrmann, D N ^c   Griffin, J W ^a   Hauer, P ^a   Cornblath, D R ^a   McArthur, J C ^a,b  

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

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Electrophysiology; Intraepidermal nerve fiber density; Peripheral neuropathy; Skin biopsy; Sural nerve biopsy; Sural nerve morphometry

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CELL DENSITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EPIDERMIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MORPHOMETRICS; NERVE BIOPSY; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE FIBER; NERVE POTENTIAL; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN NERVE; SURAL NERVE;

EID: 0033544376     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/wnl.53.8.1634     Document Type: Article

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