http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/p...neuropathy.htm
Basically it is a test of exclusion....EMG typically is to distinguish motor issues from sensory.
Many people with just tingling and numbness etc, show normal EMGs.
This is a good read too.
http://www.aafp.org/afp/980215ap/poncelet.html
In the past 2 or so years more people here are getting the skin biopsy instead.
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