The cutaneous nerve biopsy: Technical aspects, indications, and contribution.

Handbook of Clinical Neurology

Volumn 115, Issue , 2013, Pages 171-188

  Mellgren, Svein Ivar ^a   Nolano, Maria ^b   Sommer, Claudia ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NORTH NORWAY   (Norway)

^b IRCCS   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN GENE PRODUCT 9.5;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOPSY; DERMAL NERVE FIBERS; HUMAN; INNERVATION; INTRAEPIDERMAL NERVE FIBERS; METHODOLOGY; NERVE FIBER; PATHOLOGY; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; POLYNEUROPATHY; SKIN; SKIN BIOPSY; SMALL FIBER NEUROPATHY;

DERMAL NERVE FIBERS; INTRAEPIDERMAL NERVE FIBERS; POLYNEUROPATHY; PROTEIN GENE PRODUCT 9.5; SKIN BIOPSY; SMALL FIBER NEUROPATHY;

ANIMALS; BIOPSY; HUMANS; NERVE FIBERS; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; SKIN;

EID: 84881487258     PISSN: 00729752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-444-52902-2.00010-2     Document Type: Chapter

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