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ArticleJournal of clinical medicine2019

Large-Fiber Neuropathy in Parkinson's Disease: Clinical, Biological, and Electroneurographic Assessment of a Romanian Cohort.

Oana Maria Vanta, Nicoleta Tohanean, Sebastian Pintea, Lacramioara Perju-Dumbrava

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Article in Journal of clinical medicine, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6citing papers in PubMed
1.4field-weighted citation impact, top 19% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed, 14 citations in OpenAlex.

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  4. Parkinson-related neuropathy.Clinics (Sao Paulo, Brazil) · 2021
    Article
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  6. Orphan Peripheral Neuropathies.Journal of neuromuscular diseases · 2021
    Review
4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Oana Maria VantaAnatomy Department, University of Medicine and Pharmacy "Iuliu Hatieganu", 400006 Cluj-Napoca, Romania. oana.vanta@gmail.com.
Nicoleta TohaneanNeurology Department, University of Medicine and Pharmacy "Iuliu Hatieganu", 400012 Cluj-Napoca, Romania. nicoleta_alexa@yahoo.com.
Sebastian PinteaDepartment of Psychology, Babes-Bolyai University, 40015 Cluj-Napoca, Romania. sebastianpintea@psychology.ro.
Lacramioara Perju-DumbravaNeurology Department, University of Medicine and Pharmacy "Iuliu Hatieganu", 400012 Cluj-Napoca, Romania. lperjud@gmail.com.
Iuliu Hațieganu University of Medicine and Pharmacy · ROBabeș-Bolyai University · RO

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

(1) Background: Increased attention has lately been given to polyneuropathy in Parkinson's Disease (PD). Several papers postulated that large-fiber neuropathy (PNP) in PD is related to vitamin B12 deficiency and L-Dopa exposure. (2) Methods: Using a cross-sectional, observational study, we evaluated 73 PD patients without a previously known cause of PNP using clinical scores (UPDRS II and III and Toronto Clinical Scoring System), biological evaluation of vitamin B12 and folic acid, and nerve conduction studies to assess the prevalence and features of PNP. (3) Results: The prevalence of PNP was 49.3% in the study group. In the L-Dopa group, the frequency of PNP was 67.3% as compared to PNP in the non-L-Dopa group, where one subject had PNP (χ

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folic acidlarge-fiber neuropathyL-DopaParkinson’s diseasevitamin B12

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