The reliability of skin biopsy with measurement of intraepidermal nerve fiber density

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 228, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 65-69

  Smith, A Gordon ^a   Howard, James R ^a   Kroll, Randi ^a   Ramachandran, Pam ^a   Hauer, Peter ^b   Singleton, J Robinson ^a   McArthur, Justin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Neuropathy; Reproducibility; Skin biopsy; Small fiber

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NERVE INJURY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSORIMOTOR NEUROPATHY; SKIN BIOPSY; TISSUE SECTION;

BIOPSY; EPIDERMIS; HUMANS; NERVE FIBERS; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 10644230857     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2004.09.032     Document Type: Conference Paper

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