Diagnostic value of sural nerve biopsy in patients with suspected Borrelia neuropathy

Journal of the Peripheral Nervous System

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 81-91

  Schäfers, Maria ^a,b   Neukirchen, Sebastian ^a   Toyka, Klaus V ^a   Sommer, Claudia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Borrelia; Cytokines; Neuropathic pain; Neuropathy; Vasculitis

Indexed keywords

CD 68 ANTIBODY; CD4 ANTIBODY; CELL ANTIBODY; COMPLEMENT MEMBRANE ATTACK COMPLEX; HLA DR3 ANTIGEN; INTERCELLULAR ADHESION MOLECULE 1; INTERLEUKIN 1; INTERLEUKIN 6; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; BORRELIA INFECTION; CELL INFILTRATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE DURATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; NEOVASCULARIZATION (PATHOLOGY); NERVE BIOPSY; NEUROPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROLOGY; SURAL NERVE; T LYMPHOCYTE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOPSY; BORRELIA; BORRELIA INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURAL NERVE;

EID: 40849116448     PISSN: 10859489     EISSN: 15298027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1529-8027.2008.00161.x     Document Type: Article

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