Neurological findings, neurophysiological examinations, and sural nerve biopsy in a case of Friedreich ataxia

Clinical Neurology

Volumn 46, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 485-490

  Hirai, Toshiaki ^a   Suzuki, Masahiko ^a   Kurita, Akira ^a   Inoue, Kiyoharu ^a  

^a JIKEI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

CO 2 Laser; Friedreich ataxia; Protein gene product 9.5; Somatosensory evoked potentials; Sural nerve biopsy

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE;

ADULT; ARM; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; FRIEDREICH ATAXIA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LASER; LEG; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NERVE BIOPSY; NERVE FIBER; NERVE STIMULATION; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; SKIN BIOPSY; SURAL NERVE; TRUNK;

ADULT; BIOPSY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, SOMATOSENSORY; FRIEDREICH ATAXIA; HUMANS; MALE; NERVE FIBERS, UNMYELINATED; SURAL NERVE;

EID: 33750328984     PISSN: 0009918X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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