Painful neuropathies and small fiber involvement;Neuropathies douloureuses et atteinte des petites fibres

Revue Neurologique

Volumn 170, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 825-836

  Lefaucheur, J P ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS EST CRÉTEIL   (France)

^b HENRI MONDOR HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Clinical neurophysiology; Histopathology; Laboratory investigation; Pain; Pathophysiology; Peripheral neuropathy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; ELECTRONEUROGRAPHY; HUMAN; NERVE FIBER; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; SKIN BIOPSY; SMALL FIBER NEUROPATHY; BIOPSY; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PAIN; PATHOLOGY; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; PHYSIOLOGY; SENSATION; SKIN; SYNDROME;

BIOPSY; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, NEUROLOGICAL; HUMANS; NERVE FIBERS; PAIN; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; SENSATION; SKIN; SYNDROME;

EID: 84943425729     PISSN: 00353787     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neurol.2014.10.008     Document Type: Review

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