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SUBMITTER: Davies JL
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6139085 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Davies Jenny L JL Engelstad Janean K JK E Gove Linde L Linbo Linda K LK Carter Rickey E RE Lynch Christopher C Staff Nathan P NP Klein Christopher J CJ Dyck P James B PJB Herrmann David N DN Dyck Peter J PJ
Muscle & nerve 20180420 4
<h4>Introduction</h4>For sequential and somatotopic assessment of small fiber neuropathy, heat pain (HP) tests of hypoalgesia might be used instead of decreased counts of epidermal nerve fibers (ENFs), but then healthy subject reference values of HP thresholds are needed.<h4>Methods</h4>Using the Computer Assisted Sensation Evaluator IVc system, HP thresholds of hypoalgesia were estimated for 10 unilateral sites and counts of ENFs for 4 of them in healthy subjects.<h4>Results</h4>In healthy subj ...[more]