In vivo confocal microscopy of Meissner corpuscles as a measure of sensory neuropathy

Neurology

Volumn 69, Issue 23, 2007, Pages 2121-2127

  Herrmann, David N ^a,c   Boger, J Neil ^b   Jansen, Cortney ^b   Alessi Fox, Christi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^b Lucid Inc   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETIC NEUROPATHY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FINGER; GLABROUS SKIN; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; MALE; MECHANORECEPTOR; MEISSNER CORPUSCLE; PRESSURE SENSATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFLECTOMETRY; SENSORY NEUROPATHY; SKIN BIOPSY; TOUCH;

EID: 37349116683     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/01.wnl.0000282762.34274.94     Document Type: Article

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