Prospective study of the usefulness of sural nerve biopsy.

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Published in J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry on October 01, 2000

Authors

C M Gabriel1, R Howard, N Kinsella, S Lucas, I McColl, G Saldanha, S M Hall, R A Hughes

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Neuroimmunology, Guy's, King's and St Thomas' School of Medicine, King's College, London, UK.

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