Assessment of cutaneous innervation by skin biopsies

Current Opinion in Neurology

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 655-659

  Griffin, John W ^a   McArthur, Justin C ^a   Polydefkis, Michael ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; CONGENITAL ANALGESIA; DIABETIC NEUROPATHY; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; EPIDERMIS; FABRY DISEASE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INNERVATION; LEPROSY; NERVE FIBER; NERVE REGENERATION; NEUROPATHY; NOCICEPTIVE RECEPTOR; POSTHERPETIC NEURALGIA; REINNERVATION; REVIEW; SENSORY NEUROPATHY; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN NERVE;

BIOPSY; HUMANS; NOCICEPTORS; SKIN;

EID: 0034793218     PISSN: 13507540     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00019052-200110000-00016     Document Type: Review

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