Quantification of sweat gland volume and innervation in neuropathy: Correlation with thermoregulatory sweat testing

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 528-534

  Loavenbruck, Adam ^a   Wendelschaefer Crabbe, Gwen ^b   Sandroni, Paola ^a   Kennedy, William R ^b  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Neuropathy; Skin biopsy; Small fiber neuropathy; Sweat gland nerve fibers; Sweat testing

Indexed keywords

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; AGED; ANHIDROSIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DYSESTHESIA; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INNERVATION; MALE; NERVE FIBER; PARESTHESIA; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN BIOPSY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SWEAT GLAND; SWEAT GLAND VOLUME; SWEAT TEST; SWEATING; THERMOREGULATION; THERMOREGULATORY SWEAT TEST; BIOPSY; CASE CONTROL STUDY; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SKIN; SWEAT;

COLLAGEN TYPE 4; UBIQUITIN THIOLESTERASE; UCHL1 PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ADULT; AGED; BIOPSY; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COLLAGEN TYPE IV; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE FIBERS; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; SKIN; SWEAT; SWEAT GLANDS; UBIQUITIN THIOLESTERASE;

EID: 84922479733     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: 10974598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mus.24185     Document Type: Article

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