Alcoholic neuropathy is clinicopathologically distinct from thiamine-deficiency neuropathy

Annals of Neurology

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 19-29

  Koike, Haruki ^b   Iijima, Masahiro ^b   Sugiura, Makoto ^b   Mori, Keiko ^b   Hattori, Naoki ^b   Ito, Hiroki ^b   Hirayama, Masaaki ^b   Sobue, Gen ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; BURNING SENSATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMYELINATION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EDEMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NERVE BIOPSY; NERVE FIBER REGENERATION; NERVE REGENERATION; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NEUROPATHY; NOCICEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANVIER NODE; REMYELINIZATION; SURAL NERVE; THIAMINE DEFICIENCY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALCOHOLIC NEUROPATHY; AXONS; BIOPSY; ETHANOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MYELIN SHEATH; NERVE FIBERS; NOCICEPTORS; PAIN; RANVIER'S NODES; SURAL NERVE; THIAMINE DEFICIENCY; TIBIAL NERVE;

EID: 0038123184     PISSN: 03645134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ana.10550     Document Type: Article

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