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SUBMITTER: Myers MI
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3684157 | biostudies-other | 2013 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Myers M Iliza MI Peltier Amanda C AC
Current neurology and neuroscience reports 20130101 1
Skin biopsy is a valuable diagnostic tool for small-fiber-predominant neuropathy by the quantification of intraepidermal nerve fiber density (IENFD). It has the unique advantage of being a minimally invasive procedure with the potential for longitudinal evaluation of both sensory and autonomic fibers. Unmyelinated small fibers are not otherwise quantified objectively with such a level of sensitivity as has been reported with IENFD. Recent advances include an expansion of the skin punch biopsy te ...[more]