CAUSES OF POLYNEUROPATHY IN THE ELDERLY
- 1 July 1986
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Age and Ageing
- Vol. 15 (4) , 247-249
- https://doi.org/10.1093/ageing/15.4.247
Abstract
Seventy-four patients over 65 years with electrophysiologically confirmed polyneuropathies were reviewed. Common causes were diabetes (27%), neoplasms (13%) and the Guillain-Barré syndrome (11%). In only 28% was no cause identified.Keywords
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- Peripheral Neuropathy in the Elderly: A Clinical and Electrophysiologic StudyJournal of the American Geriatrics Society, 1981