What is your approach to the diagnostic workup of small fiber neuropathy in patients with known rheumatic disease?
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Neurology · University of Minnesota
Small fiber sensory neuropathy (SFN), in general, including in patients with rheumatic diseases, should be suspected based on symptoms (positive more than negative sensory symptoms) and ideally confirmed by clinical examination showing altered temperature and/or pain/pinprick perception in the limbs...