Side and time variability of intraepidermal nerve fiber density

Neurology

Volumn 84, Issue 23, 2015, Pages 2368-2371

  Lauria, Giuseppe ^a   Dacci, Patrizia ^a   Lombardi, Raffaella ^a   Cazzato, Daniele ^a   Porretta Serapiglia, Carla ^a   Taiana, Michela ^a   Sassone, Jenny ^a   Dalla Bella, Eleonora ^a   Rinaldo, Sara ^b   Lettieri, Christian ^b   Eleopra, Roberto ^b   Devigili, Grazia ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF NEUROSURGERY   (Italy)

^b SANTA MARIA DELLA MISERICORDIA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTRAEPIDERMAL NERVE FIBER DENSITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVOUS SYSTEM PARAMETERS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN BIOPSY; SMALL FIBER NEUROPATHY; SURAL NERVE; YOUNG ADULT; BIOPSY; EPIDERMIS; INNERVATION; LEG; NERVE FIBER; PATHOLOGY; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARDS;

ADULT; BIOPSY; EPIDERMIS; HUMANS; LEG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE FIBERS; NEURAL CONDUCTION; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84930705686     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: 1526632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.0000000000001666     Document Type: Article

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