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J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 69:442-446 doi:10.1136/jnnp.69.4.442
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Prospective study of the usefulness of sural nerve biopsy

Table 2

Number of patients (%) with different types of neuropathy in whom management was agreed to have been altered or not altered by the biopsy

Type of neuropathy (total number of patients) Altered (%) Not altered (%) Disagreed (%)
Axonal (26) 14 (54) 10 (38) 2 (8)
Demyelinating (15) 11 (73) 3 (20) 1 (7)
Multiple mononeuropathy (9) 5 (55) 3 (33) 1 (11)
All (50) 30 (60) 16 (28) 4 (8)

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