Painless fractures and thermoregulation disturbances in sensory-autonomic neuropathy: Electrophysiological abnormalities and sural nerve biopsy

Neuropediatrics

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 148-150

  Polo, A ^a,c   Aldegheri, R ^b   Bongiovanni, L C ^a   Cavallaro, T ^a   Rizzuto, N ^a  

^a Dipartimento di Scienze Neurologiche e della Visione   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^c POLICLINICO BORGO ROMA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Autonomic neuropathy; Painless fractures; Skin response; Sural nerve biopsy; Sympathetic

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; ARTHROPATHY; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; CASE REPORT; ELECTROMYOGRAM; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; FEMALE; FRACTURE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MYELINATED NERVE; NERVE BIOPSY; NERVE CONDUCTION; PAIN; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY NEUROPATHY; SURAL NERVE; THERMOREGULATION;

ADOLESCENT; BIOPSY; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FRACTURES, BONE; GALVANIC SKIN RESPONSE; HEREDITARY SENSORY AND AUTONOMIC NEUROPATHIES; HUMANS; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; NEURAL CONDUCTION; SURAL NERVE; TIBIAL NERVE;

EID: 0033915608     PISSN: 0174304X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2000-7488     Document Type: Article

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