Evaluation of proxy tests for SFSN: Evidence for mixed small and large fiber dysfunction

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 8, 2012, Pages

  Ebadi, Hamid ^a   Perkins, Bruce A ^a   Katzberg, Hans D ^a   Lovblom, Leif E ^a   Bril, Vera ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AXON REFLEX MEDIATED NEUROGENIC VASODILATATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOLING DETECTION; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; FUNCTION TEST; HEAT SENSITIVITY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRAEPIDERMAL NERVE FIBER DENSITY; LARGE FIBER DYSFUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVOUS SYSTEM PARAMETERS; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; POLYNEUROPATHY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SENSORY NEUROPATHY; SMALL FIBER NEUROPATHY; SMALL FIBER SENSORY NEUROPATHY; SURAL NERVE; VALIDATION PROCESS; VIBRATION PERCEPTION THRESHOLD;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; NEURAL CONDUCTION; POLYNEUROPATHIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THERMOSENSING;

EID: 84864571557     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0042208     Document Type: Article

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