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Nutritional Neuropathy: Multimedia

Author: R Andrew Sewell, MD, Clinical Instructor in Psychiatry and Mental Illness Research, Education, and Clinical Center (MIRECC) Fellow, Veterans Affairs Connecticut Health Care System, Yale University School of Medicine
Coauthor(s): Lawrence D Recht, MD, Professor of Neurology and Neurosurgery, Department of Neurology and Clinical Neurosciences, Stanford University Medical School
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Updated: Sep 7, 2009

Multimedia

Pernicious anemia. Characteristic lemon-yellow...Media file 1: Pernicious anemia. Characteristic lemon-yellow–tinged pallor with raw-beef tongue lacking filiform papillae. Used with permission from Forbes and Jackson.
Pernicious anemia. Characteristic lemon-yellow...

Pernicious anemia. Characteristic lemon-yellow–tinged pallor with raw-beef tongue lacking filiform papillae. Used with permission from Forbes and Jackson.

Ischemic retinopathy caused by severe megaloblast...Media file 2: Ischemic retinopathy caused by severe megaloblastic anemia.
Ischemic retinopathy caused by severe megaloblast...

Ischemic retinopathy caused by severe megaloblastic anemia.

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References

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Further Reading

Keywords

malabsorption neuropathy, alcohol neuropathy, Strachan syndrome, Jamaican neuritis, camp foot, dry beriberi, wet beriberi, deficiency amblyopia, nutritional optic amblyopia, tobacco-alcohol amblyopia, pellagra, subacute combined degeneration, vitamin deficiency, nutritional deficiency, peripheral neuropathies

Contributor Information and Disclosures

Author

R Andrew Sewell, MD, Clinical Instructor in Psychiatry and Mental Illness Research, Education, and Clinical Center (MIRECC) Fellow, Veterans Affairs Connecticut Health Care System, Yale University School of Medicine
R Andrew Sewell, MD is a member of the following medical societies: American Academy of Neurology, American Headache Society, American Pain Society, and American Psychiatric Association
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Coauthor(s)

Lawrence D Recht, MD, Professor of Neurology and Neurosurgery, Department of Neurology and Clinical Neurosciences, Stanford University Medical School
Lawrence D Recht, MD is a member of the following medical societies: American Academy of Neurology, American Association for Cancer Research, American Neurological Association, and Society for Neuroscience
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Medical Editor

Milind J Kothari, DO, Professor and Vice-Chair, Department of Neurology, Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine; Consulting Staff, Department of Neurology, Hershey Medical Center
Milind J Kothari, DO is a member of the following medical societies: American Academy of Neurology, American Association of Neuromuscular and Electrodiagnostic Medicine, and American Neurological Association
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Glenn Lopate, MD, Associate Professor, Department of Neurology, Division of Neuromuscular Diseases, Washington University School of Medicine; Chief of Neurology, St Louis ConnectCare, Consulting Staff, Barnes Jewish Hospital
Glenn Lopate, MD is a member of the following medical societies: American Academy of Neurology, American Association of Neuromuscular and Electrodiagnostic Medicine, and Phi Beta Kappa
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