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Old 05-28-2015, 04:30 PM
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Originally Posted by en bloc View Post
Absolutely it is important. Tortuous, swollen, or segmented fibers indicate a destructive process like autoimmune. The density is NOT the only important factor...but I will say it is probably the one doctors look at most.
Those were precisely the words used for the findings at upper thigh/ hip in my skin biopsy four years ago. The other samples found no nerve fibers at ankle and very few above knee.
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