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Abstract
Purpose of review: Toxic neuropathies are an important preventable and treatable form of peripheral neuropathy. While many forms of toxic neuropathies have been recognized for decades, an updated review is provided to increase vigilant in this area of neurology. A literature review was conducted to gather recent information about toxic neuropathies, which included the causes, clinical findings, and treatment options in these conditions.
Recent findings: Toxic neuropathies continue to cause significant morbidity throughout the world and the causative agents, particularly with regards to medications, do not appear to be diminishing. A wide variety of causes of toxic neuropathies exist, which include alcohol, industrial chemicals, biotoxins, and medications. Unfortunately, no breakthrough treatments have been developed and prevention and symptom management remain the standard of care.
Summary: A detailed medication, occupational and hobby exposure history is critical to identifying toxic neuropathies. Increased research is warranted to identify mechanisms of neurotoxic susceptibility and potential common pathomechanistic pathways for treatment across diverse toxic neuropathies.
期刊介绍:
This journal aims to review the most important, recently published treatment option advances in the field of neurology. By presenting clear, insightful, balanced contributions by international experts, the journal intends to facilitate worldwide approaches to the treatment of neurologic conditions.
We accomplish this aim by appointing international authorities to serve as Section Editors in key subject areas, such as epilepsy, headache, neurologic ophthalmology and otology, neuromuscular disorders, psychiatric manifestations of neurologic disease, and sleep disorders. Section Editors select topics for which leading experts contribute comprehensive review articles that emphasize new developments and recently published papers of major importance, highlighted by annotated reference lists. We also provide commentaries from well-known neurologists, and an international Editorial Board reviews the annual table of contents, suggests articles of special interest to their country/region, and ensures that topics are current and include emerging research.