Is quantitation necessary for assessment of sural nerve biopsies?

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 562-569

  Pamphlett, Roger ^a   Sjarif, Adrian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Accuracy; Biopsy; Quantitation; Reliability; Sural nerve

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MYELINATED NERVE; NERVE BIOPSY; NERVE FIBER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; SURAL NERVE; BIOPSY; IMAGE PROCESSING; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MYELIN SHEATH; OBSERVER VARIATION; PATHOLOGY; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARD; STATISTICS;

ADULT; AGED; BIOPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYELIN SHEATH; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SURAL NERVE;

EID: 0037407730     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mus.10363     Document Type: Article

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