A Human Model of Small Fiber Neuropathy to Study Wound Healing

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Illigens, Ben M W ^a   Gibbons, Christopher H ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPSAICIN; PLACEBO;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL DENSITY; CELL FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDERMIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; NERVE FIBER; NOCICEPTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PAIN THRESHOLD; PUNCH BIOPSY; SKIN BIOPSY; SMALL FIBER NEUROPATHY; SWEAT GLAND; WOUND HEALING;

ADULT; BIOPSY; CAPSAICIN; EPIDERMIS; HUMANS; NERVE FIBERS; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; SKIN; WOUND HEALING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84873169812     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0054760     Document Type: Article

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