Advances in diagnostics and outcome measures in peripheral neuropathies

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 596, Issue , 2015, Pages 3-13

  Merkies, Ingemar S J ^a,b   Faber, Catharina G ^b   Lauria, Giuseppe ^c  

^a Infection and Immunology   (Netherlands)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c DEPARTMENT OF NEUROSURGERY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cardiac scintigraphy; Confocal corneal microscopy; Evoked potential; Imaging; Neuropathy; Outcome measures; Quantitative sensory testing; Skin biopsy; Sodium channel genes; Ultrasounds

Indexed keywords

HUMAN; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES;

DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, NEUROLOGICAL; HUMANS; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES;

EID: 84939938969     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: 18727972     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2015.02.038     Document Type: Article

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