Epidermal nerve fiber density, axonal swellings and QST as predictors of HIV distal sensory neuropathy

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 420-427

  Herrmann, David N ^a   McDermott, Michael P ^a,b   Henderson, Don ^a   Chen, Lin ^c   Akowuah, Kwame ^a   Schifitto, Giovanni ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^c PEKING UNION MEDICAL COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

Epidermal nerve fiber density; HIV associated distal symmetrical polyneuropathy; Neuropathic pain; Quantitative sensory testing; Skin biopsy; Small fiber neuropathies

Indexed keywords

2',3' DIDEOXYNUCLEOSIDE DERIVATIVE; ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT; CD4 ANTIGEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; EPIDERMAL NERVE FIBER; EPIDERMIS; FEMALE; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HIV ASSOCIATED POLYNEUROPATHY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NERVE FIBER; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; NEUROPATHY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POLYNEUROPATHY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE SENSORY TESTING; SENSORY SYSTEM EXAMINATION; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN NERVE; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS LOAD;

ADULT; AXONS; BIOPSY; EPIDERMIS; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; NERVE DEGENERATION; NEURAL CONDUCTION; NEURONS, AFFERENT; POLYNEUROPATHIES; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RECEPTORS, SENSORY; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 1442353342     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mus.10567     Document Type: Article

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