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Deutsches Ärzteblatt international, 2018 Polyneuropathies (peripheral neuropathies) are the most common type of disorder of the peripheral nervous system in adults, and specifically in the elderly, with an estimated prevalence of 5-8%, depending on age. The options for treatment depend on the cause, which should therefore be identified as precisely as possible by an appropriate diagnostic ...
Claudia, Sommer +5 more
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Current concepts in the management of diabetic polyneuropathy
Journal of Diabetes Investigation, 2020 Diabetic sensorimotor polyneuropathy (DSPN) is encountered in approximately one‐third of people with diabetes. This, in turn, might markedly impoverish their quality of life, mainly owing to neuropathic pain and foot ulcerations. Painful DSPN might be as
D. Ziegler +6 more
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Could spinal canal compression be a cause of polyneuropathy?
Clinics and Practice, 2016 Causality between spinal cord compression and polyneuropathy is difficult to define, especially under the circumstances that polyneuropathy can have many causes. Seven patients with spinal cord compression and electrophysiological signs of polyneuropathy
Richard Bostelmann +3 more
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Alʹmanah Kliničeskoj Mediciny, 2023 Background: Vincristine polyneuropathy is a major neurotoxic complication of treatment for acute lymphoblastic leukemia in children. A close relationship between genetic variants in candidate genes associated with the vincristine neurotoxicity in various
Oksana V. Koryakina +5 more
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Familial amyloid polyneuropathy
Journal of Neurological Sciences, 2019 considered in acrylamide intoxication. However, recent animal studies have shown that axonal degeneration is an epiphenomenon and nerve terminals are the primary site of intoxication in the peripheral nervous system.
V. Planté-Bordeneuve
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Polyneuropathy: how to diagnose?
Медицинский совет, 2016 Identifying the causes of polyneuropathy is a challenging clinical problem. Patients are often diagnosed with "polyneuropathy of unknown origin". At the same time, the etiological treatment of polyneuropathy is the most effective.
L. T. Akhmedzhanva
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Prevalent neuropathy in a cohort of HIV-infected Kenyan sex workers using antiretroviral drugs
The Pan African Medical Journal, 2016 INTRODUCTION: several risk factors including stavudine and age have been strongly associated with polyneuropathy. However, conflicting data exist on height as an independent risk factor in polyneuropathy.
Frank Ndaks Ndakala +5 more
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Therapeutic Efficacy and Safety Profile of Eplontersen in Hereditary Transthyretin-Mediated Amyloidosis: A Systematic Review. [PDF]
Health Sci RepABSTRACT Background Hereditary transthyretin‐mediated amyloidosis (hATTR) is a disorder that affects several body systems and can result in life‐threatening conditions like cardiomyopathy and polyneuropathy. For treatment of hATTR in the new medical realm, there is a breakthrough discovery of a medicine called Eplontersen, which targets the underlying ...
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Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery & Psychiatry, 2019 Chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy (CIDP) is an immune-mediated neuropathy typically characterised by symmetrical involvement, and proximal as well as distal muscle weakness (typical CIDP).
H. Lehmann, D. Burke, S. Kuwabara
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European Journal of Neurology, 2020 Diabetic polyneuropathy (DPN) is a common complication of diabetes. Using the Toronto criteria for diabetic polyneuropathy and the grading system for neuropathic pain, the performance of neuropathy scales and questionnaires were assessed by comparing ...
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