Alcohol-related peripheral neuropathy: Nutritional, toxic, or both?

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 309-316

  Mellion, Michelle ^a   Gilchrist, James M ^a   De La Monte, Suzanne ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Beriberi; Neuropathy; Nutrition; Polyneuropathy; Thiamine; Toxic

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; THIAMINE;

ALCOHOL RELATED PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; ALCOHOLISM; AUTONOMIC DYSFUNCTION; BERIBERI; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; HUMAN; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NONHUMAN; NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCY; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; THIAMINE DEFICIENCY;

ALCOHOLIC NEUROPATHY; ALCOHOLISM; ANIMALS; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; ETHANOL; HUMANS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; THIAMINE DEFICIENCY;

EID: 79951907022     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: 10974598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mus.21946     Document Type: Review

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