Pathology of nerve terminal degeneration in the skin

Journal of Neuropathology and Experimental Neurology

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 297-307

  Hsieh, Sung Tsang ^a   Chiang, Hou Yu ^a   Lin, Whei Min ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Axonal degeneration; Cutaneous nerves; Free nerve endings; Intraepidermal nerves; Nerve regeneration; Skin innervation; Unmyelinated axons

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDERMIS; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MOUSE; NERVE DEGENERATION; NERVE ENDING; NERVE FIBER DEGENERATION; NONHUMAN; NONMYELINATED NERVE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REINNERVATION; SCIATIC NERVE; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN NERVE;

EID: 0034106408     PISSN: 00223069     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jnen/59.4.297     Document Type: Article

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