Stimulated skin wrinkling for predicting intraepidermal nerve fibre density

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 120, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 953-958

  Wilder Smith, Einar P ^a   Guo, Yaling ^a   Chow, Adeline ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

EMLA; Intraepidermal nerve fibre density; Nerve fibers; Sensory and autonomic neuropathies; Skin wrinkling; Small nerve fibre neuropathy; Unmyelinated; Water immersion wrinkling

Indexed keywords

EMLA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NERVE FIBER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SENSORY NEUROPATHY; WATER IMMERSION; WRINKLE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANESTHETICS, COMBINED; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMERSION; LIDOCAINE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYNEUROPATHIES; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PRILOCAINE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSORY RECEPTOR CELLS; SKIN; WATER; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67349084629     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2009.03.011     Document Type: Article

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