Physiological characterization of neuropathy in Fabry's disease

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 622-629

  Luciano, Carlos A ^a,b   Russell, James W ^a   Banerjee, Tapas K ^a   Quirk, Jane M ^a   Scott, Leland J C ^a   Dambrosia, James M ^a   Barton, Norman W ^a   Schiffmann, Raphael ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Puerto Rico)

Author keywords

Fabry's disease; Nerve conduction studies; Quantitative sensory testing; Small fiber neuropathy; Thermal sensation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLD SENSATION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FABRY DISEASE; HUMAN; MEDIAN NERVE; NERVE COMPRESSION; NERVE CONDUCTION; NEUROPATHY; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SYMPATHETIC TONE;

ADULT; FABRY DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MECHANORECEPTORS; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; NERVE FIBERS, UNMYELINATED; NEURAL CONDUCTION; PERIPHERAL NERVES; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; SYMPATHETIC FIBERS, POSTGANGLIONIC; TEMPERATURE SENSE;

EID: 0036843206     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mus.10236     Document Type: Article

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