An algorithm for the evaluation of peripheral neuropathy

American Family Physician

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 755-764

  Poncelet, Ann Noelle ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHAN3 INTERFERON; AMIODARONE; AMITRIPTYLINE; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CHLOROQUINE; CIMETIDINE; CISPLATIN; COLCHICINE; DAPSONE; DIDANOSINE; DISULFIRAM; ETHAMBUTOL; GOLD; HYDRALAZINE; ISONIAZID; LITHIUM; METRONIDAZOLE; NITROUS OXIDE; PACLITAXEL; PHENYTOIN; PROBENECID; PYRIDOXINE; RECOMBINANT ALPHA2A INTERFERON; RECOMBINANT ALPHA2B INTERFERON; SURAMIN; THALIDOMIDE; UNINDEXED DRUG; VINCRISTINE; VINCRISTINE SULFATE;

ALGORITHM; ANAMNESIS; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CONSULTATION; DEMYELINATING NEUROPATHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FUNCTION TEST; HUMAN; NERVE BIOPSY; NERVE CONDUCTION; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; REVIEW;

ALGORITHMS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION;

EID: 0032520114     PISSN: 0002838X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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