Structural and functional small fiber abnormalities in the neuropathic postural tachycardia syndrome

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 12, 2013, Pages

  Gibbons, Christopher H ^a   Bonyhay, Istvan ^a   Benson, Adam ^a   Wang, Ningshan ^a   Freeman, Roy ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AUTONOMIC NEUROPATHY; CLINICAL TRIAL; EPIDERMIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INNERVATION; MALE; NERVE FIBER; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POSTURAL ORTHOSTATIC TACHYCARDIA SYNDROME;

ADULT; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; EPIDERMIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NERVE FIBERS; POSTURAL ORTHOSTATIC TACHYCARDIA SYNDROME;

EID: 84893633634     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0084716     Document Type: Article

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