1. Nutritional neuropathies.
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Gwathmey KG and Grogan J
- Subjects
- Anemia, Pernicious diagnosis, Anemia, Pernicious drug therapy, Anemia, Pernicious metabolism, Avitaminosis drug therapy, Humans, Nutritional Status drug effects, Peripheral Nervous System Diseases drug therapy, Thiamine Deficiency diagnosis, Thiamine Deficiency drug therapy, Thiamine Deficiency metabolism, Vitamin B 12 Deficiency diagnosis, Vitamin B 12 Deficiency drug therapy, Vitamin B 12 Deficiency metabolism, Vitamins administration & dosage, Avitaminosis diagnosis, Avitaminosis metabolism, Dietary Supplements, Nutritional Status physiology, Peripheral Nervous System Diseases diagnosis, Peripheral Nervous System Diseases metabolism
- Abstract
Neuropathies associated with nutritional deficiencies are routinely encountered by the practicing neurologist. Although these neuropathies assume different patterns, most are length-dependent, sensory axonopathies. Cobalamin deficiency neuropathy is the exception, often presenting with a non-length-dependent sensory neuropathy. Patients with cobalamin and copper deficiency neuropathy characteristically have concomitant myelopathy, whereas vitamin E deficiency is uniquely associated with a spinocerebellar syndrome. In contrast to those nutrients for which deficiencies produce neuropathies, pyridoxine toxicity results in a non-length-dependent sensory neuronopathy. Deficiencies occur in the context of malnutrition, malabsorption, increased nutrient loss (such as with dialysis), autoimmune conditions such as pernicious anemia, and with certain drugs that inhibit nutrient absorption. When promptly identified, therapeutic nutrient supplementation may result in stabilization or improvement of these neuropathies., (© 2019 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.)
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- 2020
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