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Other causes

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Others causes of peripheral neuropathy include:

  • heavy metals, for example, lead, mercury
  • infection, for example, leprosy, diphtheria, tetanus, botulism
  • malignancy
  • metabolic, for example, uraemia, acute intermittent porphyria
  • chronic vascular disease, for example, PAN, SLE
  • postinfective polyneuritis, for example, Guillain-Barre syndrome
  • sarcoidosis
  • idiopathic
  • drugs, for example, isoniazid, vincristine, phenytoin, nitrofurantoin, gold
  • collagen disease, including rarely, rheumatoid arthritis

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