Skin biopsy as an additional diagnostic tool in non-systemic vasculitic neuropathy

Acta Neuropathologica

Volumn 120, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 109-116

  Üçeyler, Nurcan ^a   Devigili, Grazia ^a   Toyka, Klaus V ^a   Sommer, Claudia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Macrophages; Non systemic vasculitic neuropathy; Skin biopsy; T cells

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFLAMMATORY CELL; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; MACROPHAGE; MALE; NEUROPATHY; NONSYSTEMIC VASCULITIC NEUROPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUNCH BIOPSY; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN BIOPSY; SURAL NERVE; T LYMPHOCYTE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; IMMUNOLOGY; LEG; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PATHOLOGY; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; SKIN; VASCULITIS;

ADULT; AGED; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEG; MACROPHAGES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN; SURAL NERVE; T-LYMPHOCYTES; VASCULITIS;

EID: 77953872528     PISSN: 00016322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00401-010-0662-5     Document Type: Article

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