The nerve biopsy: Indications, technical aspects, and contribution.

Handbook of Clinical Neurology

Volumn 115, Issue , 2013, Pages 155-170

  King, Rosalind ^a   Ginsberg, Lionel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOPSY; DIAGNOSIS; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; NERVE BIOPSY; NEUROPATHY; PATHOLOGY; PERIPHERAL NERVE; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; SURAL NERVE; TECHNIQUES;

DIAGNOSIS; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NERVE BIOPSY; NEUROPATHY; SURAL NERVE; TECHNIQUES;

ANIMALS; BIOPSY; HUMANS; PERIPHERAL NERVES; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES;

EID: 84881536726     PISSN: 00729752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-444-52902-2.00009-6     Document Type: Chapter

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