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PARAESTHESIAE |
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neurological disease: |
demyelinating disorders spinal cord compression peripheral nerve trauma or compression (entrapment syndromes)motor neurone disease [but no sensory signs present]Guillain-Barre syndrome ('post-infective polyneuropathy') |
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nutritional deficiencies: |
B 1B 12folate |
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endocrine disease: |
diabetes mellitus myxoedema |
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infections: |
HIV Lyme disease leprosy herpes zoster diphtheria |
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hereditary: |
hereditary neuropathies, eg. Charcot-Marie-Tooth |
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other / miscellaneous: |
sarcoidosis neoplasms (direct involvement or as paraneoplastic syndrome) |
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drugs: |
isoniazid lithium nitrofurantoin gold cisplatin hydralazine amitryptiline |
sulphonamides amiodarone metronidazole dapsone disulfiram chloramphenicol |
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toxins: |
lead arsenic cyanide |
mercury organophosphates alcohol |
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