The skin biopsy takes a small, 3 mm-wide sample of tissue (about half the width of a pencil eraser) and can be performed in a doctor's office. The new study was designed to see if a faster and better ...

You have full access to this article via your institution. Morphological and molecular abnormalities in skin biopsy tissue, consistency with sural nerve biopsy findings, and correlation with different ...

Approximately 20% of patients clinically diagnosed with Parkinson's disease (PD) turn out not to have the movement disorder, resulting in unnecessary treatments, medications, and procedures. "Study ...

Distal sensory polyneuropathy (DSP) is the most common neurological complication of HIV infection, but only a third of HIV patients with DSP develop neuropathic pain or other symptoms. This ...

"Neurologists and other clinicians continue to express their earnest appreciation for the Syn-One Test, as it provides valuable information to help diagnose synucleinopathies, which are complex ...

Assessing pathological synuclein in simple skin biopsies can take the place of more invasive diagnostic procedures. Diagnosing neurodegenerative conditions called synucleinopathies, particularly in ...

Receiving a diagnosis of squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) can be an overwhelming experience, but it is important to remember ...

Could the key to detecting synucleinopathies be no more than skin-deep? In the March 20 JAMA, scientists led by Christopher Gibbons and Roy Freeman at Harvard Medical School in Boston detected ...

A minimally invasive test was able to identify pathology in patients at different stages of disease and potentially enable earlier intervention, researchers report. Using skin biopsy samples, ...