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Differential diagnosis of polyneuropathies in diabetes mellitus
Diabetic polyneuropathy (DPN) is heterogeneous in its clinical course and clinical manifestations. Depending on the primary lesion of large or small nerve fibers, different onset, course and clinical manifestations of polyneuropathy are possible.
V. N. Khramilin
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Inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy after total hip arthroplasty
Inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy is a rare but devastating condition. Guillain-Barré syndrome is the most common cause with acute inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy being the most common subtype that follows a monophasic course and does ...
Shane R. Hess, DO +3 more
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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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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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Could spinal canal compression be a cause of polyneuropathy?
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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The prevalence and distribution of the amyloidogenic transthyretin (TTR) V122I allele in Africa [PDF]
Transthyretin (TTR) pV142I (rs76992529-A) is one of the 113 variants in the human TTR gene associated with systemic amyloidosis. It results from a G to A transition at a CG dinucleotide in the codon for amino acid 122 of the mature protein (TTR V122I ...
Alexander, Alice A +10 more
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Severe acute axonal neuropathy following treatment with arsenic trioxide for acute promyelocytic leukemia: a case report [PDF]
Peripheral neuropathy is a common complication of arsenic toxicity. Symptoms are usually mild and reversible following discontinuation of treatment. A more severe chronic sensorimotor polyneuropathy characterized by distal axonal-loss neuropathy can be ...
Kuhn, Marcus +3 more
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Polyneuropathy: how to diagnose?
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
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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POEMS syndrome—characterized by polyneuropathy, organomegaly, endocrinopathy, M-protein, and skin changes—is an uncommon and complex paraneoplastic disorder encompassing a diverse array of symptoms.
Gioconda Furciniti +7 more
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