Etiology of small-fiber neuropathy

Journal of the Peripheral Nervous System

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 177-183

  Bednarik, Josef ^a   Vlckova Moravcova, Eva ^a   Bursova, Sarka ^a   Belobradkova, Jana ^a   Dusek, Ladislav ^b   Sommer, Claudia ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BRNO   (Czech Republic)

^b MASARYK UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Etiology; Painful sensory neuropathy; Risk factors; Small fiber neuropathy

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; URIC ACID;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BORRELIA INFECTION; CELL DENSITY; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CZECH REPUBLIC; DIABETES MELLITUS; ETIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEAT TOLERANCE; HUMAN; HYPOTHYROIDISM; IMPAIRED GLUCOSE TOLERANCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONOCLONAL IMMUNOGLOBULINEMIA; NERVE FIBER; NEUROPATHY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SENSORY NERVE CONDUCTION; SENSORY NEUROPATHY; SMALL NERVE FIBER NEUROPATHY; SYMPTOM; URIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CZECH REPUBLIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE FIBERS; POLYNEUROPATHIES; RISK FACTORS; SENSATION DISORDERS; SENSORY RECEPTOR CELLS;

EID: 70449460826     PISSN: 10859489     EISSN: 15298027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1529-8027.2009.00229.x     Document Type: Article

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