Diagnostic yield by testing small fiber function in patients examined for polyneuropathy

Journal of the Peripheral Nervous System

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 214-218

  Sindrup, Søren H ^a   Gaist, David ^a   Johannsen, Lis ^a   Havsager, Anne Mette ^a   Homburg, Annemette ^a   Kjeldsen, Marianne Juel ^a   Madsen, Claus ^a   Dalsgaard, Niels J ^a   Ellemann, Karsten ^a   Smith, Torben ^a  

^a ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Nerve conduction; Polyneuropathy; Quantitative sensory testing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COLD SENSATION; DEVICE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; HEAT SENSATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE FIBER; PATIENT REFERRAL; POLYNEUROPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; SENSORY NERVE; SENSORY SYSTEM; SYMPTOM;

ADULT; AGED; ANKLE; COLD; EVOKED POTENTIALS, SOMATOSENSORY; FEMALE; HEAT; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE FIBERS; NEURAL CONDUCTION; POLYNEUROPATHIES; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; TEMPERATURE SENSE;

EID: 0035692888     PISSN: 10859489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1529-8027.2001.01022.x     Document Type: Article

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