We aimed to test the clinical utility of leg to thigh intraepidermal nerve fiber (IENF) density ratio as a parameter to discriminate between length-dependent small fiber neuropathy (SFN) and small fiber sensory ganglionopathy (SFSG) in subjects with signs and symptoms of small fiber pathology.

The role of skin biopsy in differentiating small fiber neuropathy from ganglionopathy / Provitera, Vincenzo; Gibbons, Christopher H; Wendelschafer-Crabb, Gwen; Donadio, Vincenzo; Vitale, Dino F; Loavenbruck, Adam; Stancanelli, Annamaria; Caporaso, Giuseppe; Liguori, Rocco; Wang, Ningshan; Santoro, Lucio; Kennedy, William R; Nolano, Maria. - In: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF NEUROLOGY. - ISSN 1351-5101. - (2018). [10.1111/ene.13608]

The role of skin biopsy in differentiating small fiber neuropathy from ganglionopathy

Provitera, Vincenzo;Vitale, Dino F;Santoro, Lucio;Nolano, Maria
2018

Abstract

We aimed to test the clinical utility of leg to thigh intraepidermal nerve fiber (IENF) density ratio as a parameter to discriminate between length-dependent small fiber neuropathy (SFN) and small fiber sensory ganglionopathy (SFSG) in subjects with signs and symptoms of small fiber pathology.
2018
The role of skin biopsy in differentiating small fiber neuropathy from ganglionopathy / Provitera, Vincenzo; Gibbons, Christopher H; Wendelschafer-Crabb, Gwen; Donadio, Vincenzo; Vitale, Dino F; Loavenbruck, Adam; Stancanelli, Annamaria; Caporaso, Giuseppe; Liguori, Rocco; Wang, Ningshan; Santoro, Lucio; Kennedy, William R; Nolano, Maria. - In: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF NEUROLOGY. - ISSN 1351-5101. - (2018). [10.1111/ene.13608]
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