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Introduction to Peripheral Neuropathy
Classification of Peripheral Neuropathy
- drug intoxication
- metabolic syndrome
- diabetes mellitus
Chronic sensorimotor polyneuropathy
- connective tissue diseases
- uremia - the buildup of urea in the blood because the kidneys are not working effectively)
- beriberi (disease caused by a deficiency of thiamine (vitamin B1) that affects many systems of the body)
- carcinoma (e.g., paraneoplastic syndrome)
- paraproteinemia (the presence of excessive amounts of a single monoclonal gammaglobulin, also called "monoclonal gammopathy")
- hypothyroidism
- amyloidosis
- diabetes mellitus
- leprosy
