Avtor/Urednik     Meh, Duška; Denišlič, Miro
Naslov     Peripheral neuropathy
Tip     članek
Vir     In: INABIS 2000. 6th internet world congress for biomedical science; 2000 Feb 14-25; La Mancha; Spain. La Mancha: Spanish society of health informatics,
Leto izdaje     2000
Jezik     eng
Abstrakt     Peropheral neuropathy is a common disease which affects diverse pathological changes on one or more sites in the peripheral nervous system. The classifications of this impairment are based on clinical, phenomenological, pathological, genetic or other underlying features. The diagnostic procedure is very intricate, considering the diverse structures and processes that may be impaired. Additionally, peripheral nerves contain different types of nerve fibres, from very thin, unmyelinated C fibres to small myelinated A-delta fibres and further to large A-alpha and A-beta fibres. Therefore, in addition to the disease history and neurologic examination, accurate neurophysiologic tests are obligatory. Routine electrodiagnostic tests (nerve conduction studies and electromyography), quantitative sensory testing, autonomic nervous system evaluation and nerve (and/or muscle) biopsy are provided as a necessary supplement to the available data.
Deskriptorji     PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES
MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING
NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION
ELECTROMYOGRAPHY
NEURAL CONDUCTION
BIOPSY