The evaluation of intraepidermal nerve fiber density in skin biopsy - Normative data;Vyšetření hustoty intraepidermálních nervových vláken z kožní biopsie - normativní data

Ceska a Slovenska Neurologie a Neurochirurgie

Volumn 75, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 455-459

  Buršová, Šárka ^a,b   Vlckova E ^a,b   Hnojcikova M ^a,b   Nemec M ^a   Dubovy P ^b,c   Micankova Adamova B ^a,b   Bednarik J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BRNO   (Czech Republic)

^b CENTRAL EUROPEAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^c MASARYK UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Age stratification; Healthy individuals; Intraepidermal nerve fiber density; Normative values; Skin biopsy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CELL DENSITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; INTRAEPIDERMAL NERVE FIBER DENSITY; MALE; NERVE FIBER; NORMAL HUMAN; PILOT STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKIN BIOPSY; THIGH;

EID: 84865373179     PISSN: 12107859     EISSN: 18024041     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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