Laser Doppler imaging in the detection of peripheral neuropathy

Autonomic Neuroscience: Basic and Clinical

Volumn 177, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 286-290

  Illigens, Ben M W ^a   Siepmann, Timo ^a,b   Roofeh, Joseph ^a   Gibbons, Christopher H ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Capsaicin; Iontophoresis; Laser Doppler imaging; LDI; Small fiber neuropathy; Vasomotor axon reflex

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; CAPSAICIN; PLACEBO;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BASELINE PERFUSION METHOD; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREAM; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; FLARE AREA METHOD; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; IONTOPHORESIS; LASER DOPPLER IMAGING; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; NERVE FIBER; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RELIABILITY; SKIN; SKIN BIOPSY; SMALL FIBER NEUROPATHY; THIGH; TISSUE DOPPLER IMAGING;

CAPSAICIN; IONTOPHORESIS; LASER DOPPLER IMAGING; LDI; SMALL FIBER NEUROPATHY; VASOMOTOR AXON-REFLEX;

ADULT; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; LASER-DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84883825850     PISSN: 15660702     EISSN: 18727484     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.autneu.2013.06.006     Document Type: Article

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