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  • Title: [Peripheral neuropathies caused by drugs].
    Author: Uldry PA, Regli F.
    Journal: Schweiz Rundsch Med Prax; 1989 Jun 06; 78(23):667-70. PubMed ID: 2546239.
    Abstract:
    Peripheral neuropathy is a common manifestation of chemotherapeutic agents. Most drugs produce a distal axonal degeneration and long axons are predominantly affected, giving a clinical picture characterized by a symmetrical sensory neuropathy. The toxicity of therapeutic agents to the peripheral nervous system particularly includes those used in cancer-chemotherapy (cisplatin, vinca alkaloids), but antimicrobial agents such as isoniazide or nitrofurantoin and vitamin abuse (pyridoxine) are also discussed.
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