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ReviewNeurologic clinics2013

Cryptogenic sensory polyneuropathy.

Mamatha Pasnoor, Mazen M Dimachkie, Richard J Barohn

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Review in Neurologic clinics, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 16 papers.

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16citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

16 citing papers in PubMed.

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  4. Neurosurgical Intervention for Nerve and Muscle Biopsies.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024
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  11. Causes of chronic neuropathies: a single-center experience.Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology · 2019
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  12. Polyneuropathies.Deutsches Arzteblatt international · 2018
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Mamatha PasnoorDepartment of Neurology, University of Kansas Medical Center, 3599 Rainbow Boulevard, Kansas City, KS 66160, USA. mpasnoor@kumc.edu
Mazen M Dimachkie
Richard J Barohn

Funding

Heartland Institute for Clinical and Translational ResearchUL1TR000001 · NCATS · UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS MEDICAL CENTER · PI BAROHN, RICHARD J. · 2012 to 2015
$13.0M
NCATS NIH HHS UL1 TR000001
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Chronic sensory or sensorimotor polyneuropathy is a common cause for referral to neurologists. Despite extensive diagnostic testing, up to one-third of these patients remain without a known cause, and are referred to as having cryptogenic sensory peripheral neuropathy. Symptoms progress slowly. On examination, there may be additional mild toe flexion and extension weakness. Electrophysiologic testing and histology reveals axonal neuropathy. Prognosis is usually favorable, as most patients maintain independent ambulation. Besides patient education and reassurance, management is focused on pharmacotherapy for neuropathic pain and physical therapy for balance training, and, occasionally, assistive devices.

Indexed as

Aged, 80 and overElectrodiagnosisGenetic TestingHumansMaleNeural ConductionPain ManagementPolyneuropathiesSensation Disorders

Identifiers

PMID23642719
PMCPMC4090929

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