Routine use of punch biopsy to diagnose small fiber neuropathy in fibromyalgia patients

Clinical Rheumatology

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 413-417

  Levine, Todd D ^a   Saperstein, David S ^a  

^a Phoenix Neurological Associates   (United States)

Author keywords

Epidermal nerve fiber density; Fibromyalgia; Skin punch biopsy; Small fiber neuropathy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE COURSE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FIBROMYALGIA; HUMAN; MYELINATED NERVE; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE FIBER TRANSPORT; NONMYELINATED NERVE; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUNCH BIOPSY; SKIN BIOPSY; SMALL FIBER NEUROPATHY; BIOPSY; COMPLICATION; ERYTHROMELALGIA; INNERVATION; NERVE FIBER; PATHOLOGY; SKIN;

BIOPSY; ERYTHROMELALGIA; FIBROMYALGIA; HUMANS; NERVE FIBERS; SKIN;

EID: 84925502852     PISSN: 07703198     EISSN: 14349949     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10067-014-2850-5     Document Type: Article

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