Epidermal nerve fibers: Confidence intervals and continuous measures with nerve conduction

Neurology

Volumn 79, Issue 22, 2012, Pages 2187-2193

  Engelstad, JaNean K ^a   Taylor, Sean W ^a   Witt, Lawrence V ^a   Hoebing, Belinda J ^a   Herrmann, David N ^d   Dyck, P James B ^a   Klein, Christopher J ^a   Johnson, David M ^c   Davies, Jenny L ^a   Carter, Rickey E ^b   Dyck, Peter J ^a  

^a Peripheral Neuropathy Research Laboratory   (United States)

^b Division of Biomedical Statistics and Informatics   (United States)

^c MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC NEUROPATHY; DIABETIC PATIENT; EPIDERMAL NERVE FIBER; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEG; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE FIBER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUNCH BIOPSY; THIGH;

EID: 84871311758     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: 1526632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.0b013e3182759608     Document Type: Article

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