Peripheral neuropathy complicating pancreatitis.
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Peripheral neuropathy complicating pancreatitis and major pancreatic surgery.
Four cases of a polyneuropathy associated with pancreatitis and pancreatic pseudocyst formation are reported. Electrophysiological investigation showed the peripheral neuropathy to be predominantly axonal in type. These patients were all seriously ill and many factors may have been involved in the pathogenesis of their neuropathy. They had all received parenteral nutrition and multiple drug the...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry
سال: 1989
ISSN: 0022-3050
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.52.6.810