ALCOHOLIC POLYNEUROPATHY: A CLINICAL AND EPIDEMIOLOGICAL STUDY

— In the present study, we investigated the frequency of polyneuropathy in a sample of 296 alcoholics who were admitted to the ‘S. Maugeri’ Medical Centre for detoxification from October 1997 to November 1999. Results revealed a high frequency of polyneuropathy in the sample under study. The disorde...

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Published in:Alcohol and alcoholism (Oxford) 2001-09, Vol.36 (5), p.393-400
Main Authors: Vittadini, Giovanni, Buonocore, Michelangelo, Colli, Giuseppe, Terzi, Marta, Fonte, Rodolfo, Biscaldi, Giampiero
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Age Factors
Aged
Alcoholic Beverages - statistics & numerical data
Alcoholic Neuropathy - epidemiology
Alcoholic Neuropathy - physiopathology
Alcoholics
Alcoholism - epidemiology
Alcoholism - physiopathology
Alcoholism and acute alcohol poisoning
Analysis of Variance
Biological and medical sciences
Chi-Square Distribution
Clinical epidemiology
Female
Humans
Italy
Liver Diseases, Alcoholic - epidemiology
Liver Diseases, Alcoholic - physiopathology
Male
Medical sciences
Middle Aged
Polyneuropathy
Sex Factors
Statistics, Nonparametric
Time Factors
Toxicology
Wine - statistics & numerical data
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Summary:— In the present study, we investigated the frequency of polyneuropathy in a sample of 296 alcoholics who were admitted to the ‘S. Maugeri’ Medical Centre for detoxification from October 1997 to November 1999. Results revealed a high frequency of polyneuropathy in the sample under study. The disorder was often clinically asymptomatic and demonstrable only on electroneurographic investigation. Significant correlations were found between polyneuropathy, the duration of alcoholism, the type of alcoholic beverage consumed (wine) and the presence of liver disease and macrocytosis.
ISSN:0735-0414
1464-3502
1464-3502
DOI:10.1093/alcalc/36.5.393