% IMPORTANT: The following is UTF-8 encoded. This means that in the presence % of non-ASCII characters, it will not work with BibTeX 0.99 or older. % Instead, you should use an up-to-date BibTeX implementation like “bibtex8” or % “biber”. @ARTICLE{Flossdorf:844607, author = {Flossdorf, Pia and Haupt, Walter F. and Brunn, Anna and Deckert, Martina and Fink, Gereon Rudolf and Lehmann, Helmar C. and Wunderlich, Gilbert}, title = {{L}ong-{T}ime {C}ourse of {I}diopathic {S}mall {F}iber {N}europathy}, journal = {European neurology}, volume = {79}, issn = {1421-9913}, address = {Basel}, publisher = {Karger}, reportid = {FZJ-2018-02011}, pages = {161 - 165}, year = {2018}, abstract = {Background: Small fiber neuropathy (SFN) is a challenging subtype of peripheral neuropathies. Once the diagnosis has been established, there is an uncertainty how SFN may progress, whether larger fibers will become involved over time, whether quality of life may be compromised, or whether repeated diagnostic workup in patients with unknown underlying cause may increase the yield of treatable causes of SFN. Methods: We evaluated 16 patients with documented long-time course of idiopathic SFN. Results: Clinical and electrophysiological course remained stable in $75\%$ of the patients, while $25\%$ SFN-patients developed large fiber neuropathies. Conclusions: Our data suggest that SFN represents a benign disease course in the majority of patients without severely limiting the quality of life.}, cin = {INM-3}, ddc = {610}, cid = {I:(DE-Juel1)INM-3-20090406}, pnm = {572 - (Dys-)function and Plasticity (POF3-572)}, pid = {G:(DE-HGF)POF3-572}, typ = {PUB:(DE-HGF)16}, pubmed = {pmid:29518780}, UT = {WOS:000433252800008}, doi = {10.1159/000487717}, url = {https://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/844607}, }