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Nervous System Diseases > Neuromuscular Diseases > Peripheral Nervous System Diseases > Polyneuropathies

Preferred term

Polyneuropathies  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Narrower concepts

Entry terms

  • Acquired Polyneuropathies
  • Acquired Polyneuropathy
  • Critical Illness Polyneuropathies
  • Critical Illness Polyneuropathy
  • Familial Polyneuropathies
  • Familial Polyneuropathy
  • Motor Polyneuropathies
  • Motor Polyneuropathy
  • Polyneuropathies, Acquired
  • Polyneuropathies, Critical Illness
  • Polyneuropathies, Familial
  • Polyneuropathies, Motor
  • Polyneuropathy, Acquired
  • Polyneuropathy, Critical Illness
  • Polyneuropathy, Familial
  • Polyneuropathy, Motor

Scope note

  • Diseases of multiple peripheral nerves simultaneously. Polyneuropathies usually are characterized by symmetrical, bilateral distal motor and sensory impairment with a graded increase in severity distally. The pathological processes affecting peripheral nerves include degeneration of the axon, myelin or both. The various forms of polyneuropathy are categorized by the type of nerve affected (e.g., sensory, motor, or autonomic), by the distribution of nerve injury (e.g., distal vs. proximal), by nerve component primarily affected (e.g., demyelinating vs. axonal), by etiology, or by pattern of inheritance.

History note

  • 2000(1966)

In other languages

  • polyneuropatiat

    Finnish

  • monihermosairaudet
  • monihermosairaus
  • määrittämätön monihermosairaus
  • neuropathia NAS
  • neuropati UNS
  • ospecificerad polyneuropati
  • polyneuropathia
  • polyneuropathia NAS
  • polyneuropathia non specificata
  • polyneuropatia
  • tarkemmin määrittämätön neuropatia
  • tarkemmin määrittämätön polyneuropatia
  • Polyneuropatier

    Swedish

  • Förvärvad polyneyropati
  • Motorisk neuropati
  • Polyneuropati vid livshotande sjukdom
  • Ärftlig polyneyropati

URI

http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D011115

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