Differential sensitivity of thick and thin fibers to HIV and therapy-induced neuropathy

Autonomic Neuroscience: Basic and Clinical

Volumn 136, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 90-95

  Kokotis, Panagiotis ^a   Schmelz, Martin ^b   Skopelitis, Elias E ^c   Kordossis, Theodore ^c   Karandreas, Nikolaos ^a  

^a NATIONAL AND KAPODISTRIAN UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^c LAIKO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Greece)

Author keywords

HAART; HIV; Thick fiber neuropathy; Thin fiber neuropathy

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT; DIDANOSINE; STAVUDINE; ZALCITABINE;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTOR NERVE CONDUCTION; MYELINATED NERVE; NERVE CONDUCTION; NEUROPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN TEMPERATURE; SYMPATHETIC TONE; VIRUS LOAD;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY, HIGHLY ACTIVE; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; GALVANIC SKIN RESPONSE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYELIN SHEATH; NERVE DEGENERATION; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; NERVE FIBERS, UNMYELINATED; NEURAL CONDUCTION; NEURONS, AFFERENT; NOCICEPTORS; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; SYMPATHETIC FIBERS, POSTGANGLIONIC;

EID: 34548536613     PISSN: 15660702     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.autneu.2007.01.012     Document Type: Article

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