PCT No. PCT/EP89/00378 Sec. 371 Date Dec. 1, 1989 Sec. 102(e) Date Dec. 1, 1989 PCT Filed Apr. 7, 1989 PCT Pub. No. WO89/09562 PCT Pub. Date Oct. 19, 1989.A method and/or an apparatus for the determination of whether a subject has nerve damage (polyneuropathy) and/or the degree of the nerve damage is characterized in that an increase of the skin temperature is provoked at an extremity of the subject, that at the same time perfusion value or a value correlated with this perfusion value is measured at this extremity, and the time from the start of the increase in temperature of the skin up to the start of an increase in perfusion as a result of the elevated skin temperature is evaluated as a measure for the presence and/or the degree of the nerve damage.
METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR THE DIAGNOSIS OF POLYNEUROPATHY SYNDROMES