Evaluating dermal myelinated nerve fibers in skin biopsy

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 1-11

  Myers, M Iliza ^a   Peltier, Amanda C ^a   Li, Jun ^a,b  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Glabrous skin biopsy; Meissner corpuscles; Molecular architecture; Myelinated nerve fibers; Peripheral neuropathy

Indexed keywords

MYELIN; RETIGABINE;

ANALGESIC ACTIVITY; CELL ORGANELLE; GENE EXPRESSION; GLABROUS SKIN; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INTRACELLULAR TRANSPORT; MECHANORECEPTOR; MORPHOMETRICS; MUSCLE INNERVATION; MYELINATED NERVE; NERVE BIOPSY; NERVE ENDING; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUNCH BIOPSY; REVIEW; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN CELL; THICKNESS;

BIOPSY; HUMANS; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; SKIN;

EID: 84871297306     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: 10974598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mus.23510     Document Type: Review

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