An update on nerve biopsy

Journal of Neuropathology and Experimental Neurology

Volumn 68, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 833-844

  Vallat, Jean Michel ^a   Vital, Anne ^b   Magy, Laurent ^a   Martin Negrier, Marie Laure ^b   Vital, Claude ^b  

^a LIMOGES UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^b UMR 5287   (France)

Author keywords

Electron microscopy; Myelin; Nerve biopsy; Peripheral neuropathy

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; CHLOROQUINE; GLUTARALDEHYDE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; INDUSTRIAL CHEMICAL;

AMYLOID NEUROPATHY; CHURG STRAUSS SYNDROME; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISORDERS OF MITOCHONDRIAL FUNCTIONS; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENDOCRINE DISEASE; FROZEN SECTION; GENE MUTATION; GIANT AXONAL NEUROPATHY; HEREDITARY MOTOR SENSORY NEUROPATHY; HEREDITARY SENSORY AUTONOMIC NEUROPATHY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; INFLAMMATORY DEMYELINATING POLYNEUROPATHY; INTERSTITIUM; LABORATORY; LEPROUS NEUROPATHY; LYME DISEASE; LYMPHOMA; MEDICAL EXPERT; MONOCLONAL IMMUNOGLOBULINEMIA; MYELIN SHEATH; NECROTIZING ARTERITIS; NERVE BIOPSY; NEUROAXONAL DYSTROPHY; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; PERONEUS MUSCLE; PERONEUS NERVE; PHYSICIAN; POLYNEUROPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SARCOID NEUROPATHY; SKIN BIOPSY; VASCULITIS; BIOPSY; CLASSIFICATION; HISTORY; METHODOLOGY; MUSCLE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PATHOLOGY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

BIOPSY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MUSCLES; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; PERONEAL NERVE;

EID: 69449088043     PISSN: 00223069     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NEN.0b013e3181af2b9c     Document Type: Review

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