introduction: diabetic polyneuropathy is one of the most common and important complications of diabetes mellitus for its clinical ranking. several clinical categorising scoring systems have been designated. among them only toronto clinical scoring system (tcss) had been partially evaluated on the basis of pathologic findings in sural nerve biopsy. only the mild cases had been studied since the ...

As part of the workup polyneuropathy, neurologists often encounter patients with paraproteinemias, also called monoclonal gammopathies. Given relatively rising prevalence both polyneuropathy and paraproteinemias in our aging population, this coexistence is frequently due to chance. Still, certain types have a well-defined causal role development therefore has implications their subsequent work-...

OBJECTIVE To extensively investigate the association of chronic polyneuropathy with basic and instrumental activities of daily living (BADL and IADL), falls, and gait. METHODS A total of 1,445 participants of the population-based Rotterdam Study (mean age 71 years, 54% women) underwent a polyneuropathy screening involving a symptom questionnaire, neurologic examination, and nerve conduction s...

INTRODUCTION Polyneuropathy is one of the most prevalent neurologic disorders. Although several studies explored the role of the neurological examination in polyneuropathy, they were mostly restricted to specific subgroups of patients and have not correlated examination findings with symptoms and electrophysiological results. OBJECTIVES To explore the sensitivity and specificity of different ...

OBJECTIVE This study was performed to identify the relationship between the quality of life and polyneuropathy which is one of the complications of diabetes. METHODS Total 111 patients with diabetes mellitus were taken into the study as type 1 and type 2. Patients were accepted having polyneuropathy according to their electroneuromyography (ENMG) results. To evaluate the quality of life in th...

The objective of this report was to develop a case definition of distal symmetric polyneuropathy to standardize and facilitate clinical research and epidemiologic studies. A formalized consensus process was employed to reach agreement after a systematic review and classification of evidence from the literature. The literature indicates that symptoms alone have relatively poor diagnostic accurac...

Acute transverse myelitis (ATM) is an upper motor neuron disease of the spinal cord, and concomitant association of peripheral polyneuropathy, particularly the axonal type, is rarely reported in children. Our cases presented with ATM complicated with axonal type polyneuropathy. Axonal type polyneuropathy may be caused by acute motor-sensory axonal neuropathy (AMSAN) or critical illness polyneur...

OBJECTIVES To understand the prevalence of polyneuropathy and correlations among the clinical manifestations, electrophysiological findings, and degree of exposure to carbon disulphide (CS2) in workers who were exposed to variable concentrations of CS2 in a viscose rayon factory. METHODS All the 163 workers received a detailed physical and neurological evaluation. Fixed point air samples were...

OBJECTIVE To test the hypothesis that prolonged motor recovery after long-term ventilation may be due to polyneuropathy and can be foreseen at an early stage by electromyography (EMG). DESIGN Cohort study with an entry period of 18 months. Polyneuropathy was identified by EMG studies in the intensive care unit (ICU). During a 1-year follow-up, amount of time was recorded to reach a rehabilita...

Type 1 Gaucher disease is currently categorized as non-neuronopathic, although recent studies suggest peripheral neurological manifestations. We report prevalence and incidence data for peripheral neuropathy and associated conditions from a multinational, prospective, longitudinal, observational cohort study in patients with type 1 Gaucher disease, either untreated or receiving enzyme replaceme...