Biopsy Diagnosis of Peripheral Neuropathy

CONTENTS: Role of nerve biopsy in clinical practice Special techniques in examination of peripheral nerve Normal structure of peripheral nerve, and pathologic alterations of vascular elements Normal structure and pathological alterations of axons Schwann cells and myelin in the peripheral nervous system Normal vascular anatomy and pathological alterations Examination of the peripheral nerve biopsy Clinical issues in peripheral nerve disease Idiopathic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathies Idiopathic inflammatory neuropathies Infectious or infection associated neuropathy Leprous neuropathy Vasculitic neuropathy Dysproteinemic neuropathies Amyloid neuropathy Neuropathy associated with neoplasia Neuropathies associated with endocrine/metabolic disease Toxic neuropathies Genetically based neuropathies Peripheral nerves in storage diseases Unclassified neuropathies and peripheral nerve syndromes.