Somatosensory function in asymptomatic Parkin-mutation carriers

European Journal of Neurology

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 513-517

  Gierthmuhlen J ^a   Schumacher, S ^a   Deuschl, G ^a   Fritzer, E ^a   Klein, C ^b   Baron, R ^a   Helmchen, C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LÜBECK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Parkin; Parkinson's disease; Quantitative sensory testing; Somatosensory processing

Indexed keywords

PARKIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FIBER; GENE MUTATION; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NERVE POTENTIAL; NEUROGRAPHY; PAIN THRESHOLD; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE SENSORY TESTING; SENSORY NERVE; SENSORY SURAL NERVE ACTION POTENTIAL AMPLITUDE; SENSORY SYSTEM EXAMINATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SOMATOSENSORY DISORDER; SOMATOSENSORY SYSTEM;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ADULT; AFFERENT PATHWAYS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COLD TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; FOOT; HAND; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION; NEURAL CONDUCTION; PAIN; PAIN THRESHOLD; PERONEAL NERVE; PHENOTYPE; SENSATION; SURAL NERVE; UBIQUITIN-PROTEIN LIGASES;

EID: 77649169153     PISSN: 13515101     EISSN: 14681331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-1331.2009.02797.x     Document Type: Article

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