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MONONEURITIS MULTIPLEX |
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vasculopathy: |
diabetes mellitus (usually causes peripheral neuropathy) polyarteritis nodosa and Churg-Strauss syndrome collagen diseases, eg. rheumatoid arthritis, systemic lupus erythematosusmalignancy (paraneoplastic syndrome) 'isolated' peripheral nerve vasculitis cryoglobulinaemia essential polycythaemia |
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infection/inflammation: |
leprosy (commonest cause world-wide)Lyme disease AIDS sarcoidosis |
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'immune': |
chronic inflammatory polyradiculoneuropathy |
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hereditary: |
hereditary pressure-sensitive neuropathy Tangier disease |
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pressure or infiltration at multiple sites: |
lymphoma leukaemia metastatic carcinoma |
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