Small fibre neuropathy

Current Opinion in Neurology

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 542-549

  Lauria, Giuseppe ^a   Merkies, Ingemar S J ^b,c   Faber, Catharina G ^c  

^a DEPARTMENT OF NEUROSURGERY   (Italy)

^b Department of Orthopaedic Surgery   (Netherlands)

^c MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

corneal microscopy; intraepidermal nerve fibres; painful neuropathy; skin biopsy; small fibre neuropathy

Indexed keywords

GLYCOSYLATED HEMOGLOBIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; SODIUM CHANNEL NAV1.7; STEROID;

CLINICAL PRACTICE; COLD SENSATION; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ENZYME REPLACEMENT; EVOKED RESPONSE; GAIN OF FUNCTION MUTATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NOCICEPTION; NONHUMAN; ORAL GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; PATHOGENESIS; PERIPHERAL NERVE; PRICK TEST; REVIEW; SKIN BIOPSY; SMALL FIBER NEUROPATHY;

ANIMALS; BIOPSY; HUMANS; NERVE FIBERS; NEURALGIA; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES;

EID: 84866338723     PISSN: 13507540     EISSN: 14736551     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/WCO.0b013e32835804c5     Document Type: Review

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