Small-fiber degeneration in alcohol-related peripheral neuropathy

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 38, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 1965-1972

  Mellion, Michelle L ^a   Silbermann, Elizabeth ^a   Gilchrist, James M ^b   Machan, Jason T ^a   Leggio, Lorenzo ^c,d,e   de la Monte, Suzanne ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON ALCOHOL ABUSE AND ALCOHOLISM   (United States)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON DRUG ABUSE   (United States)

^e BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Nerve; Peripheral neuropathy; Small fiber

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; THIAMINE; COCARBOXYLASE;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOL RELATED PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; ARTICLE; CELL DEGENERATION; CELL DENSITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; END NERVE FIBER DENSITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NERVE CONDUCTION; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; POLYNEUROPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SEROLOGY; SKIN BIOPSY; SMALL FIBER NEUROPATHY; TISSUE SECTION; ALCOHOLIC NEUROPATHY; BIOPSY; BLOOD; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; COMPLICATION; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; DRUG EFFECTS; ERYTHROMELALGIA; EVALUATION STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PILOT STUDY; SKIN; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOLIC NEUROPATHY; BIOPSY; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, NEUROLOGICAL; ERYTHROMELALGIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURAL CONDUCTION; PILOT PROJECTS; SKIN; THIAMINE PYROPHOSPHATE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84904354597     PISSN: 01456008     EISSN: 15300277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/acer.12470     Document Type: Article

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