Occupational toxic neuropathies: Morphology in peripheral nerve biopsies;Neuropatie tossiche occupazionali: Quadri morfologici in biopsie del nervo periferico

Giornale Italiano di Medicina del Lavoro ed Ergonomia

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 410-419

  Scelsi, Roberto ^a   Candura, Stefano M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^b Istituto Scientifico di Pavia   (Italy)

Author keywords

Axonopathy; Diagnosis; Electronic microscopy; Myelinopathy; Neuronopathy; Neurotoxicology

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOPSY; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; METHODOLOGY; NERVE FIBER; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; PATHOLOGY; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURAL NERVE; SYNAPTOSOME;

AXONS; BIOPSY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PRESYNAPTIC TERMINALS; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURAL NERVE;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84875784818     PISSN: 15927830     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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