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CRITICAL ILLNESS POLYNEUROPATHY

A diffuse axon loss sensorimotor polyneuropathy seen in severely ill patients, generally in the intensive care unit; most patients have been on multiple drugs, and can't be weaned from ventilatory support; electrodiagnostic research show evidence of an axon loss polyneuropathy, predominantly engine; of unknown aetiology.
isoallotypic determinant   isoalloxazine   isoaminile   isoamyl   isoamylase   isoandrosterone   isoantibody   isoantigen   (1)
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