Prognosis of alcoholic peripheral neuropathy.
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Prognosis of alcoholic peripheral neuropathy.
Ten male alcoholics aged 38-72 years with clear clinical and electroneurographical signs of peripheral neuropathy were re-examined three to five years later. Conduction velocities, latencies and nerve action potential amplitudes were measured from median, peroneal and sural nerves on both occasions and the results were compared with age-matched reference values from 80 healthy men. Seven of the...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry
سال: 1984
ISSN: 0022-3050
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.47.7.699