Abstract
The term “peripheral neuropathy” covers a variety of clinical syndromes that affect numerous types of nerve cells and fibers, including motor, sensory, and autonomic fibers. Nearly all peripheral neuropathies affect all these fiber types to a certain degree. However, a single fiber type may be targeted exclusively, and may be affected most, to a greater extent in some disorders than others. There are four cardinal patterns of peripheral neuropathy, including polyneuropathy; a few clinically important polyneuropathies are described below:
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Rana, A.Q., Ghouse, A.T., Govindarajan, R. (2017). Peripheral Neuropathy. In: Neurophysiology in Clinical Practice. In Clinical Practice. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-39342-1_10
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