Sural Nerve Axonopathy and Rett Syndrome

Abstract

The histopathologic findings of three sural nerve biopsies and one muscle biopsy from three patients with Rett syndrome are described from the Department of Pediatrics, National Sanatorium Yakumo Hospital, Yakumo, Hokkaido, Japan.

Keywords

• sural nerve biopsies
• cytoplasm of schwann cells
• large myelinated fibers