Validation of the nerve axon reflex for the assessment of small nerve fibre dysfunction

Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 77, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 927-932

  Caselli, Antonella ^a   Spallone, V ^a   Marfia, G A ^a   Battista, C ^a   Pachatz, C ^a   Veves, A ^b   Uccioli, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM EXAMINATION; CELL FUNCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; IONTOPHORESIS; LASER DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; MALE; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE FIBER C; NERVE FIBER DEGENERATION; NEUROPATHY; NOCICEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFLEX; SCORING SYSTEM; SURAL NERVE; TIBIAL NERVE; VALIDATION STUDY; VASODILATATION; VIBRATION SENSE; CHOLINERGIC NERVE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIABETIC NEUROPATHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE FIBER; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PATHOLOGICAL REFLEX; PATHOLOGY; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

AGED; AXONS; CHOLINERGIC FIBERS; DIABETIC NEUROPATHIES; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IONTOPHORESIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURAL CONDUCTION; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; REFLEX, ABNORMAL; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VASODILATION;

EID: 33746279689     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: 1468330X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.2005.069609     Document Type: Article

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