Small neurons may be preferentially affected in ganglionopathy

Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 113-

  Koike, Haruki ^a   Sobue, Gen ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL SIZE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DORSAL ROOT; EDITORIAL; FOLLOW UP; GANGLIONOPATHY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MONONEUROPATHY; MYELINATED NERVE; NERVE CELL; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; NEUROPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY NERVE; SKIN BIOPSY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FACE PAIN; INNERVATION; LIMB; NERVE FIBER; NEURALGIA; NOTE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; SPINAL GANGLION;

CELL SIZE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EXTREMITIES; FACIAL PAIN; GANGLIA, SPINAL; HUMANS; NERVE FIBERS; NEURALGIA; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEURONS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 38849170584     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: 1468330X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.2007.135137     Document Type: Editorial

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