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Case Reports
. 1980 Sep;103(3):671-93.
doi: 10.1093/brain/103.3.671.

Clinical and morphological features of gold neuropathy

Case Reports

Clinical and morphological features of gold neuropathy

S M Katrak et al. Brain. 1980 Sep.

Abstract

Three cases of gold-related neuropathy are reported. Clinical features include an acute, symmetrically progressive polyneuropathy, focal or generalized myokymia and a tendency for initial neurological deterioration followed by improvement, after cessation of chrysotherapy. The degree of clinical recovery related to maximal disability. Morphological findings on sural nerve biopsies revealed both axonal degeneration and segmental remyelination. Similar peripheral nerve histology was seen in a parallel animal study in which the severity of the neuropathy was dose-related.

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