Functional and structural nerve fiber findings in heterozygote patients with Fabry disease

Pain

Volumn 145, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 237-245

  Torvin Møller, Anette ^a   Winther Bach, Flemming ^b   Feldt Rasmussen, Ulla ^c   Rasmussen, Åse ^c   Hasholt, Lis ^e   Lan, He ^f   Sommer, Claudia ^f   Kølvraa, Steen ^d   Ballegaard, Martin ^c   Staehelin Jensen, Troels ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b AALBORG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

^d LILLEBAELT HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^e UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Fabry disease; Pain; Quantitative sensory testing; Skin biopsy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME REPLACEMENT; FABRY DISEASE; FEMALE; HETEROZYGOSITY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; NERVE FIBER; NERVE FUNCTION; NERVE POTENTIAL; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PAIN; PAIN THRESHOLD; PERIPHERAL NERVE; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SENSORY EVALUATION; SENSORY NERVE; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN NERVE; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TACTILE DISCRIMINATION; THERMAL ANALYSIS; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALPHA-GALACTOSIDASE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FABRY DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE FIBERS; NEURAL CONDUCTION; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; QUALITY OF LIFE; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; SKIN; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; TEMPERATURE SENSE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 69049085440     PISSN: 03043959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pain.2009.06.032     Document Type: Article

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