GENERALIZED NEUROPATHY IN TAIWAN - AN ETIOLOGIC SURVEY

被引:19
作者
LIN, KP
KWAN, SY
CHEN, SY
CHEN, SS
YEUNG, KB
CHIA, LG
WU, ZA
机构
[1] VET GEN HOSP,DEPT NEUROL,TAIPEI,TAIWAN
[2] CHANG GUNG MEM HOSP,TAIPEI,TAIWAN
[3] KAOHSIUNG MED COLL HOSP,TAIPEI,TAIWAN
[4] MACKAY MEM HOSP,TAIPEI,TAIWAN
[5] VET GEN HOSP,TAICHUNG,TAIWAN
关键词
NEUROPATHY; GENERALIZED; POLYNEUROPATHY; MONONEUROPATHY; MULTIPLEX; ETIOLOGY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HOSPITAL-BASED;
D O I
10.1159/000110326
中图分类号
R1 [预防医学、卫生学];
学科分类号
1004 ; 120402 ;
摘要
From July 1988 to June 1989, the etiology was registered of 520 patients with generalized neuropathy in 5 neurological centers in Taiwan. The neuropathy was diabetic in 256 cases (49.23%), alcoholic in 45 (8.65%), inflammatory in 34 (6.53%; including 21 with acute inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy, 12 with chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy, and 1 with chronic relapsing polyneuropathy), 12 with associated malignancy (2.31%), 9 with dysproteinemia (1.73%), uremic in 22 (4.23%), hereditary motor and sensory in 22 (4.23%), toxic in 14 (2.69%), ischemic in 12 (2.31%), hypothyroidism in 10 (1.92%), nutritional deficiency and malabsorption in 6 (1.15%), chronic liver disease in 4 (0.77%), other diseases in 11 (2.12%) and unclassified in 63 (12.12%). This survey provided a crude etiological picture of generalized neuropathy on this island.
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页码:257 / 261
页数:5
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