Thalidomide Neuropathy

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A severe polyneuropathy seen in up 25% of those treated with thalidomide, which induces a dose-dependent sensorimotor length-dependent axonal neuropathy; it should be judiciously used with close neurologic monitoring

thalidomide neuropathy

Neurology A severe polyneuropathy seen in up 25% of those treated with thalidomide as a sedative, or higher in GVHD; in half, sensory loss is permanent

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