Quantification of pilomotor nerves: A new tool to evaluate autonomic involvement in diabetes

Neurology

Volumn 75, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1089-1097

  Nolano, M ^a   Provitera, V ^a   Caporaso, G ^a   Stancanelli, A ^a   Vitale, D F ^a   Santoro, L ^b  

^a IRCCS   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PILOCARPINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVE; CHOLINERGIC NERVE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; LEG; MALE; NERVE FIBER; NORADRENERGIC NERVE; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; PILOMOTOR NERVE FIBER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SCORING SYSTEM; SKIN BIOPSY; SWEAT GLAND; THIGH; AGED; AUTONOMIC NEUROPATHY; CELL COUNT; COMPLICATION; DIABETIC NEUROPATHY; INNERVATION; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; MIDDLE AGED; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PATHOLOGY; SKIN;

ADULT; AGED; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; AUTONOMIC PATHWAYS; CELL COUNT; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DIABETIC NEUROPATHIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SKIN;

EID: 77957235049     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: 1526632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.0b013e3181f39cf4     Document Type: Article

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