Intra-epidermal nerve fiber density can be assessed using skin biopsy. A decrease of this density is used to diagnose small fiber neuropathy, despite the absence of normative data in a selected normal population. To establish a normative set of data matched for age and sex is absolutely needed to evaluate the sensibility and specificity of this test.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
NA
Purpose
DIAGNOSTIC
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
300
3 mm punch biopsy of the skin at the distal leg.
CHU de Besançon
Besançon, France
CHU de Nancy
Nancy, France
Hôpitaux Universitaires de Strasbourg
Strasbourg, France
Measure density of intraepidermic nervous fibres by optical and electronic microscopy in a population of healthy witnesses according to the age and the sex.
Time frame: 1 month
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