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neuropathy

DEFINITIONS OF: neuropathy

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n any pathology of the peripheral nerves

Types:
Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease, hereditary motor and sensory neuropathy
a form of neuropathy that can begin between childhood and young adulthood; characterized by weakness and atrophy of the muscles of the hands and lower legs; progression is slow and individuals affected can have a normal life span; inheritance is X-linked recessive or X-linked dominant
mononeuropathy
any neuropathy of a single nerve trunk
multiple mononeuropathy
pathology of several individual nerve trunks
Type of:
pathology
any deviation from a healthy or normal condition
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