Small Nerve Fiber Pathology in Critical Illness

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 9, 2013, Pages

  Latronico, Nicola ^a   Filosto, Massimiliano ^a   Fagoni, Nazzareno ^a   Gheza, Laura ^a   Guarneri, Bruno ^a   Todeschini, Alice ^a   Lombardi, Raffaella ^b   Padovani, Alessandro ^a   Lauria, Giuseppe ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

^b DEPARTMENT OF NEUROSURGERY   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; AUTONOMIC DYSFUNCTION; BURNING SENSATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONSCIOUSNESS; CRITICAL ILLNESS; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSAUTONOMIA; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFECTION; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTRAEPIDERMAL NERVE FIBER; MALE; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE FIBER; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASE; NEUROPATHY; PAIN; RISK FACTOR; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SENSORY NERVE; SEPSIS; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN NERVE; SWEAT GLAND; TREATMENT DURATION;

ADULT; BIOPSY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EPIDERMIS; ERYTHROMELALGIA; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; ITALY; NERVE DEGENERATION; NERVE FIBERS; NEURAL CONDUCTION; SWEAT GLANDS;

EID: 84884805057     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0075696     Document Type: Article

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