A new device to quantify tactile sensation in neuropathy

Neurology

Volumn 76, Issue 19, 2011, Pages 1642-1649

  Kennedy, W R ^a,e   Selim, M M ^a   Brink, T S ^b   Hodges, J S ^c   Wendelschafer Crabb, G ^a   Foster, S X Y L ^a   Nolano, M ^d   Provitera, V ^d   Simone, D A ^c  

^a Baylor College of Medicin   (United States)

^b School of Public Health   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^d IRCCS   (Italy)

^e NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HEIGHT; HUMAN; INDEX FINGER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MECHANORECEPTOR; MEISSNER CORPUSCLE; MOTOR NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE CONDUCTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SENSATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SENSORY NERVE CONDUCTION; SKIN BIOPSY; SURFACE PROPERTY; TACTILE SENSITIVITY; TACTILE STIMULATION; TOUCH;

EID: 79955840152     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: 1526632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.0b013e318219fadd     Document Type: Article

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