Diagnosis of small fiber neuropathy: A comparative study of five neurophysiological tests

Neurophysiologie Clinique

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 445-455

  Lefaucheur, J P ^a,b   Wahab, A ^b   Plante Bordeneuve V ^b   Sene D ^c   Menard Lefaucheur I ^b   Rouie, D ^b   Tebbal, D ^b   Salhi, H ^a,b   Creange A ^a,b   Zouari, H ^a,d   Ng Wing Tin, S ^a,e,f  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS EST CRÉTEIL   (France)

^b HENRI MONDOR HOSPITAL   (France)

^c HÔPITAL LARIBOISIÈRE   (France)

^d HABIB BOURGUIBA HOSPITAL   (Tunisia)

^e UNIVERSITÉ PARIS 13   (France)

^f AVICENNE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Amyloid neuropathy; Fabry's disease; Laser evoked potentials; Quantitative sensory testing; Sj gren's syndrome; Small fiber neuropathy; Sudoscan ; Sympathetic skin responses

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COLD DETECTION THRESHOLD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; ELECTROCHEMICAL SKIN CONDUCTANCE RECORDING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; QUANTITATIVE SENSORY TESTING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SMALL FIBER NEUROPATHY; SYMPATHETIC SKIN RESPONSE RECORDING; WARM DETECTION THRESHOLD; AMYLOID NEUROPATHIES, FAMILIAL; ELECTRODERMAL RESPONSE; EVOKED RESPONSE; LASER; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE FIBER; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PATHOLOGY; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; REFERENCE VALUE; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMYLOID NEUROPATHIES, FAMILIAL; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FEMALE; GALVANIC SKIN RESPONSE; HUMANS; LASERS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE FIBERS; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; NEURAL CONDUCTION; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; REFERENCE VALUES; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84949315880     PISSN: 09877053     EISSN: 17697131     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neucli.2015.09.012     Document Type: Article

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