Diagnostic validity of epidermal nerve fiber densities in painful sensory neuropathies

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 50-60

  Vlčková Moravcová, Eva ^a,c   Bednařík, Josef ^a   Dušek, Ladislav ^b   Toyka, Klaus V ^c   Sommer, Claudia ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BRNO   (Czech Republic)

^b MASARYK UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Epidermal nerve fiber density; Painful neuropathy; Quantitative sensory testing; Skin biopsy; Subepidermal nerve fiber density

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL ABUSE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HEAT SENSATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMPAIRED GLUCOSE TOLERANCE; LATENT PERIOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NERVE PLEXUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SENSORY NEUROPATHY; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN NERVE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SYMPATHETIC TONE; VOLUNTEER;

ADULT; AFFERENT PATHWAYS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOPSY; EPIDERMIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERALGESIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURALGIA; NOCICEPTORS; PAIN THRESHOLD; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECEPTORS, SENSORY; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 37749028540     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: 10974598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mus.20889     Document Type: Article

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