PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - J. B. Finean
AU  - A. L. Woolf
TI  - The application of <em>x</em>-ray diffraction and electron microscopy to the study of human peripheral nerve obtained by biopsy
AID  - 10.1136/jcp.14.2.152
DP  - 1961 Mar 01
TA  - Journal of Clinical Pathology
PG  - 152--160
VI  - 14
IP  - 2
4099  - http://jcp.bmj.com/content/14/2/152.short
4100  - http://jcp.bmj.com/content/14/2/152.full
SO  - J Clin Pathol1961 Mar 01; 14
AB  - Human peripheral nerves obtained by biopsy from patients suffering from neuromuscular disorders have been studied by x-ray diffraction and electron microscopy. Few abnormal diffraction patterns have yet been recorded and their significance is not yet established. Electron micrographs have revealed wide variations in the numbers of myelinated fibres included in the nerve trunks and have facilitated a detailed study of the Schwann cell-axon relationships in the large numbers of unmyelinated fibres always present. Some indications of demyelination have been encountered.