Cutaneous nerve biopsy in patients with symptoms of small fiber neuropathy: a retrospective study

Abstract

We aimed to investigate to what extent small fiber tests were abnormal in an unselected retrospective patient material with symptoms suggesting that small fiber neuropathy (SFN) could be present, and to evaluate possible gender differences.

Keywords

• small fiber neuropathy
• cutaneous nerve biopsy
• intraepidermal nerve fiber density
• quantitative sensory testing
• gender differences
• z-score