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Abstract
A diffuse or multifocal peripheral neuropathy related to the remote effects of a neoplasm, most often carcinoma or lymphoma. Pathologically, there are inflammatory changes in peripheral nerves. The most common clinical presentation is a symmetric distal mixed sensorimotor polyneuropathy. (Adams et al., Principles of Neurology, 6th ed, p1334)
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- Neuropathy, Paraneoplastic
- Paraneoplastic Neuropathy
- Paraneoplastic Peripheral Neuropathy
- Peripheral Neuropathy, Paraneoplastic
- Polyneuropathy, Paraneoplastic
- Neuropathies, Paraneoplastic
- Neuropathies, Paraneoplastic Peripheral
- Neuropathy, Paraneoplastic Peripheral
- Paraneoplastic Neuropathies
- Paraneoplastic Peripheral Neuropathies
- Paraneoplastic Polyneuropathies
- Peripheral Neuropathies, Paraneoplastic
- Polyneuropathies, Paraneoplastic
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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.
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2000
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- Neoplasms/complications (1967-1999)
- Paraneoplastic Syndromes (1980-1999)
- Peripheral Nervous System Diseases/etiology (1968-1999)
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- National Library of Medicine. Paraneoplastic Polyneuropathy. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D020364. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D020364
- Paraneoplastic Polyneuropathy. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18558000