Reduced neurofilament expression in cutaneous nerve fibers of patients with CMT2E

Neurology

Volumn 85, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 228-234

  Pisciotta, Chiara ^a   Bai, Yunhong ^a   Brennan, Kathryn M ^a   Wu, Xingyao ^a   Grider, Tiffany ^a   Feely, Shawna ^a   Wang, Suola ^a   Moore, Steven ^a   Siskind, Carly ^b   Gonzalez, Michael ^c   Zuchner, Stephan ^c   Shy, Michael E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA HOSPITALS AND CLINICS   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ALPHA TUBULIN;

ACTION POTENTIAL AMPLITUDE; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHARCOT MARIE TOOTH DISEASE TYPE 2E; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; GENE PRODUCT; HEREDITARY MOTOR SENSORY NEUROPATHY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORPHOMETRICS; MOTOR NERVE CONDUCTION; MYELIN SHEATH; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE FIBER; NEUROFILAMENT; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SCHWANN CELL; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN NERVE; WESTERN BLOTTING; YOUNG ADULT; CHARCOT-MARIE-TOOTH DISEASE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; PEDIGREE; SKIN;

ADULT; CHARCOT-MARIE-TOOTH DISEASE; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE FIBERS; PEDIGREE; SKIN;

EID: 84937721804     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: 1526632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.0000000000001773     Document Type: Article

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