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Old 08-18-2015, 09:17 AM
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Originally Posted by stillHoping View Post
  • The central nervous system – Brain, Spinal cord
  • The peripheral nervous system - All the nerves except for the brain and the
spinal cord. It contains 3 branches:
  • Sensory
  • Motor
  • Autonomic
Neuropathy is a disorder of the peripheral nervous system
SFN is a form of neuropathy that affects the smaller fibers in the peripheral nervous system. The damage can include sensory and autonomic nerve fibers.

The skin biopsy tests the small fibers, and EMG tests the large fibers of the peripheral nervous system.
I have it all due to Charcot-Marie-Tooth syndrome (CMT). CMT is in the peripheral nervous system (PNS). Everything outside of the central nervous system (CNS). It is the most common "inherited" disorder. There are more than 70 types of it.
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