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© 1986 Oxford University Press

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CAUSES OF POLYNEUROPATHY IN THE ELDERLY

J. GEORGE, Senior Registrar* and J. A. TWOMEY, Consultant{dagger}

Department of Geriatric Medicine, Cumberland Infirmary Carlisle CA2 7HY

* Address correspondence to Dr J. George, Department of Geriatric Medicine, Cumberland Infirmary, Carlisle CA2 7HY.

{dagger} Present address: Pinderfields General Hospital, Aberford Road, Wakefield WF1 4DG.

Seventy-four patients over 65 years with electrophysiologically confirmed polyneuropathies were reviewed. Common causes were diabetes (27%), neoplasms (13%) and the Guillain-Barré syndrome (11%). In only 28% was no cause identified.

accepted in revised form February 20, 1986.


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