Distal degeneration of sensory and autonomic cutaneous nerve fibres in systemic sclerosis [7]

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases

Volumn 64, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1524-1526

  Provitera, V ^a,e   Nolano, M ^a   Pappone, N ^a   Di Girolamo, C ^b   Stancanelli, A ^a   Lullo, F ^a   Crisci, C ^c   Santoro, L ^d  

^a IRCCS   (Italy)

^b G RUMMO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c Private Hospital for Rehabilitation   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^e IRCCS   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AUTONOMIC NERVE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LETTER; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MYELINATED NERVE; NERVE DEGENERATION; NONMYELINATED NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCLERODERMA; SENSORY NERVE; SKIN NERVE; SYSTEMIC SCLEROSIS; INNERVATION; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE FIBER; PATHOLOGY; SKIN;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE DEGENERATION; NERVE FIBERS; SCLERODERMA, SYSTEMIC; SKIN;

EID: 27744539905     PISSN: 00034967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ard.2005.038935     Document Type: Letter

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