Rheumatology

Small fiber neuropathy

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What is the role of skin biopsy for evaluating small fiber neuropathy in patients with rheumatic disease who have treatment recalcitrant pain?

Small fiber neuropathy (SFN) can be found in rheumatological condition with varying degrees of frequency. Possible numbers include 38% in SLE, 3-9% Sj...

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How do you treat lupus-associated small fiber neuropathy?

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At what point is a skin biopsy indicated in patients with neuropathy?

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How do you treat small fiber neuropathy associated with rheumatic conditions like Sjogren’s syndrome?

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Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken),

Biopsy-Proven Small-Fiber Neuropathy in Primary Sjögren's Syndrome: Neuropathic Pain Characteristics, Autoantibody Findings, and Histopathologic Features.

Archives of neurology, 2006 Oct

Intraepidermal nerve fiber densities in chronic inflammatory autoimmune diseases.

Journal of neurology, neurosurgery, and psychiatry, 2022 Mar 04

Skin biopsy and small fibre neuropathies: facts and thoughts 30 years later.

European journal of neurology, 2010 Jul

European Federation of Neurological Societies/Peripheral Nerve Society Guideline on the use of skin biopsy in the diagnosis of small fiber neuropathy. Report of a joint task force of the European Federation of Neurological Societies and the Peripheral Nerve Society.

Medicine, 2004 Sep

Neurologic manifestations in primary Sjögren syndrome: a study of 82 patients.

Archives of neurology, 2006 Nov

Peripheral neuropathy in primary sjogren syndrome: a population-based study.

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