Indications and usefulness of nerve biopsy

Archives of Neurology

Volumn 59, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 1532-1535

  Said, Ǵerard ^a  

^a BICÊTRE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID NEUROPATHY; DIABETIC NEUROPATHY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HEREDITARY MOTOR SENSORY NEUROPATHY; HUMAN; LEPROSY; NERVE; NERVE BIOPSY; NERVE LESION; NEUROPATHY; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

BIOPSY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; PATIENT SELECTION; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; SKIN; SPECIMEN HANDLING;

EID: 0036790780     PISSN: 00039942     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archneur.59.10.1532     Document Type: Review

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