The sensory distur
The
sensory disturbances in patients stroke combined with small fiber neuropathy
Xiaojing Liu1,
Aiqin Liu1, Xinjing Liu1, Jing Yang1, Changhe
Shi1, Jun Wu1, Yuming Xu1, Baohan Pan2.
1 Department of Neurology, the First Affiliated Hospital
of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, Henan 450052, China
2 Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.
Emails: [email protected], [email protected]
Abstract: Objective: To study the combined sensory impairment in
stroke patients in skin around the nerve fiber damage. Methods: 20
cases stroke patients and 20 healthy controls of age and sex matched were
collected. Skin biopsy was performed and skin taken to observe the morphology
of small nerve fibers. Epidermal nerve fiber density declined in stroke group
and negatively correlated with age, duration. Comparison between two groups
yielded non discriminatory nerve fiber density difference as well as no
difference in gender, age within each group was seen. Conclusion: stroke
patients with combined
sensory disorders have epidermal nerve fiber damage.
[Xiaojing Liu, Aiqin Liu, Xinjing Liu, Jing Yang, Changhe Shi, Jun Wu, Yuming Xu, Baohan Pan. The sensory disturbances in patients stroke combined with small fiber neuropathy. Life Sci J 2013;10(1):3108-3112]. (ISSN:1097-8135). http://www.lifesciencesite.com.
Keywords: sensory disturbances ,stroke ,small fiber neuropathy, skin biopsy ,epidermal nerve fiber density.
