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Peripheral neuropathy (PN) is a common disease affecting about 5% of the general population after the age of 50. Causes of PN are numerous and include genetic, diabetes, alcohol, vitamin deficiencies, and gluten sensitivity among others. This systematic review aimed to study the association between...
The clinical history, examination and biochemical tests are required to exclude other causes of small fibre neuropathy such as vitamin B12 deficiency, alcohol-related neuropathy, genetic neuropathies, hypothyroidism, paraproteinemias, neoplasia, amyloidosis, peripheral arterial d...
Peripheral nerve imaging is a powerful tool in evaluating peripheral neuropathy. This review aims to provide an overview of the anatomy, clinical significance and pathologies of small peripheral nerves, typically less than 2 mm in diameter. High frequency ultrasound probes offer the best assessment of...
Open Angle Glaucoma, an optic neuropathy characterized by loss of RGCs, is one of the most common causes of vision loss world-wide and the leading cause of irreversible blindness among African Americans51,52. Among genes implicated in glaucoma, either by GWAS or as rare Mendelian alleles, most...
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This is vitally important in the diagnosis of Peripheral Arterial Disease ("PAD"), because at least two-thirds of PAD patients are asymptomatic. A large proportion have lost the ability to feel pain due to diabetic neuropathy which renders the foot numb. ...
NeuropathyPolyneuropathyOxidative stressReactive oxugen speciesJournal of Molecular Neuroscience - Peripheral neuropathy (PN) is a common disease affecting about 5% of the general population after the age of 50. Causes of PN are numerous and include genetic,......
International Journal of Molecular Sciences Review Mechanisms of Chemotherapy-Induced Peripheral Neuropathy Renata Zaja˛czkowska 1,* , Magdalena Kocot-Ke˛pska 2 , Wojciech Leppert 3 , Anna Wrzosek 1 , Joanna Mika 4 and Jerzy Wordliczek 1 1 Department of Interdisciplinary Intensive Care, ...
Cochlear neuropathy in human presbycusis: Confocal analysis of hidden hearing loss in post-mortem tissue. Hear. Res. 2015, 327, 78–88. [CrossRef] 53. Niparko, J.K. Pathology of the ear, Second Edition. By Harold, F. Schuknecht, Lea & Febiger, Malvern, Pennsylvania, 1993, 672 pp, ...