Motor nerve biopsy: Clinical usefulness and histopathological criteria

Annals of Neurology

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 197-201

  Riva, Nilo ^a   Iannaccone, Sandro ^a   Corbo, Massimo ^b   Casellato, Chiara ^c   Sferrazza, Barbara ^a   Lazzerini, Alberto ^d   Scarlato, Marina ^a   Cerri, Federica ^a   Previtali, Stefano C ^a   Nobile Orazio, Eduardo ^c   Comi, Giancarlo ^a,e   Quattrini, Angelo ^a  

^a SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b OSPEDALE NIGUARDA CA GRANDA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^d HUMANITAS CLINICAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (Italy)

^e VITA SALUTE SAN RAFFAELE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; GRACILIS MUSCLE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; MOTOR NEUROPATHY; NERVE BIOPSY; NERVE DEGENERATION; NERVE FIBER DEGENERATION; NEUROPATHY; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; OBTURATOR NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMYELINIZATION;

BIOPSY; EFFERENT PATHWAYS; HUMANS; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION; OBTURATOR NERVE; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM;

EID: 79551502361     PISSN: 03645134     EISSN: 15318249     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ana.22110     Document Type: Article

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