Peripheral Neuropathies
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Clinical evaluation of peripheral neuropathiesCritical illness myopathy and polyneuropathy
Diabetic neuropathies
Idiopathic sensory and sensorimotor neuropathies
Lyme disease: controversial issues
Neuromuscular pathology: overview
Nutrition-related peripheral neuropathies
Small fiber neuropathies
Toxic peripheral neuropathies
Hereditary Polyneuropathies
AdrenoleukodystrophyCharcot-Marie-Tooth disease type 1A
Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease type 1B
Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease type X
Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease: CMT2, CMT4, and others
Familial dysautonomia
Gaucher disease
Hereditary amyloid polyneuropathy
Hereditary neuropathy with predisposition to pressure palsy
Leukodystrophies
Neuroacanthocytosis
Primary systemic amyloidosis: neurologic complications
Acquired Polyneuropathies
Copper deficiency myeloneuropathyDiabetic amyotrophy
Diabetic neuropathies
Hypothyroidism
Paraneoplastic sensory neuronopathy
Uremic neuropathy
Nerve, Root & Plexus Disorders
Bell palsyCarpal tunnel syndrome
Cervical disc disease
Femoral neuropathy
Herpes zoster oticus
Lumbar disc disease
Median neuropathy
Melkersson-Rosenthal syndrome
Multiple cranial neuropathies
Nerve plexus metastases
Neurofibromatosis 1
Neurofibromatosis 2
Neurolymphomatosis
Peripheral nerve injuries
Peroneal neuropathy
Radial neuropathy
Radiation plexopathy
Sciatic neuropathy
Spinal accessory neuropathy
Suprascapular neuropathy
Systemic small-vessel vasculitis
Tibial nerve injuries
Traumatic cranial neuropathy
Immune-Mediated Neuropathies
Acute inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathyAcute motor axonal neuropathy
Acute pandysautonomia
Bell palsy
Chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy
Eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis
Motor and multifocal motor neuropathies
Neuralgic amyotrophy
Neuropathies associated with cryoglobulinemia
Neuropathies associated with monoclonal gammopathies
POEMS syndrome
Polyneuropathy associated with anti-MAG IgM antibodies
Polyneuropathy associated with antisulfatide antibodies
Sarcoid neuropathy
Sensory neuropathies associated with anti-GD1b ganglioside antibodies
Sjogren syndrome: neurologic complications
Systemic lupus erythematosus
Systemic small-vessel vasculitis
Vasculitic neuropathies
Neuropathies Associated with Infectious Disorders
Diphtheritic neuropathyHerpes zoster oticus
Infant botulism
Lyme disease
Neuropathies associated with cytomegalovirus infection
Neuropathy associated with leprosy
Neurosyphilis
Peripheral nerve complications of HIV-1 infection
Tetanus
Tick paralysis
Varicella-zoster virus infections of the nervous system
Whipple disease
Autonomic Neuropathies
Acute autonomic neuropathiesAcute pandysautonomia
Autonomic dysfunction in sleep disorders
Autonomic neuropathy: treatment
Chronic autonomic neuropathies
Familial dysautonomia
Postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome
Pure autonomic failure
Sjogren syndrome: neurologic complications
Externally-Induced Neuropathies
Drug-induced neurologic disordersOrganophosphate neuropathy
Chemotherapy-induced neuropathies
Arsenic neuropathy
Hexacarbon neuropathy
Perhexiline maleate neuropathy
Gold neurotoxicity
Mercury neuropathy
Amiodarone neuropathy
Taxane neuropathy
Nucleoside analogue neuropathies
Carbon disulfide neuropathy
Thallium neuropathy
Disulfiram neuropathy
Lead neuropathy
Acrylamide neuropathy
Drug-induced neuropathies
Antibiotic-induced neuropathy
Tests & Treatment Information
Autonomic neuropathy: treatmentDuloxetine
Neuropathic pain: treatment
Peripheral neuropathies: supportive measures and rehabilitation
Peripheral neuropathies: treatment with neurotrophic factors
Pregabalin
Ziconotide
Related Topics
Copper deficiency myeloneuropathyDiabetic amyotrophy
Diabetic neuropathies
Hypothyroidism
Paraneoplastic sensory neuronopathy
Uremic neuropathy
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Nov 08, 2019
Scripps Research scientists discover a way to stop a problematic enzyme from wreaking havoc on peripheral nervous system cells.
“Relaxed” enzymes may be at the root of Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease
Oct 01, 2019
Treatments have been hard to pinpoint for a rare neurologic disease.
Patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis may benefit from more glucose
Jun 27, 2019
Increased glucose, transformed into energy, could give people with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis improved mobility and a longer life.
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Diabetic neuropathy
Neuropatía periférica (Spanish)
Peripheral neuropathy
Síndrome del túnel carpiano (Spanish)
Guidelines
AAN: Evaluation of distal symmetric polyneuropathy: autonomic testing, nerve biopsy, skin biopsy
AAN: Evaluation of distal symmetric polyneuropathy: laboratory and genetic testing
AAN: Surgical decompression for diabetic neuropathy
AAN: Treatment of painful diabetic neuropathy
Quality Measures
AAN: Distal symmetric polyneuropathy quality measures
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Testing
Charcot-Marie-Tooth Neuropathy Type 1B
Clinical Trials
NIH: Peripheral Neuropathy
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