Gibbons Christopher, Freeman Roy
Department of Neurology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
Neurol Clin. 2004 Aug;22(3):683-702, vii. doi: 10.1016/j.ncl.2004.03.002.
Disorders of the autonomic and small nerve fibers comprise a wide spectrum of disease states that cross a multitude of clinical specialties.The evaluation of these disorders allows the investigator to determine the presence or absence of abnormalities in the lightly myelinated and unmyelinated nerve fibers with minimal discomfort to the patient. The severity of dysfunction also can be determined to guide therapy and aid in prognostication for individual patients.
自主神经和小神经纤维疾病涵盖了广泛的疾病状态,涉及众多临床专科。对这些疾病的评估使研究者能够在给患者带来最小不适的情况下,确定轻度髓鞘化和无髓鞘神经纤维是否存在异常。还可以确定功能障碍的严重程度,以指导治疗并帮助预测个体患者的预后。