Effects of hemodialytic treatment on uremic polyneuropathy
- 1 January 1977
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Nature in Zeitschrift für Neurologie
- Vol. 217 (2), 123-131
- https://doi.org/10.1007/bf00312925
Abstract
The involvement of the peripheral motor and sensory nerve, at least on a subclinical level, is a nearly constant event with chronic renal failure. The study of the motor and sensory propagation velocity indicates that a widespread functional lesion of the axon with a peripheral point of attack and secondary demyelination, may be the basic pathogenetic event of uremic polyneuropathy. Prolonged hemodialytic treatment is substantially unable to influence the evolution of uremic polyneuropathy. The electrophysiological follow-up study of the peripheral nerve does not seem to be an index of adequate dialysis. Die Beteiligung des peripheren motorischen und sensiblen Nerven, zumindest subklinisch, ist bei chronischer Niereninsuffizienz Regel. Die Untersuchung der motorischen und sensorischen Erregungsleitungsgeschwindigkeit spricht dafür, daß bei der urämischen Polyneuropathie als wesentliches pathologisches Geschehen das Axon besonders distal ausgedehnt betroffen ist mit einer sekundären Demyelinisation. Auch langdauernde Hämodialyse scheint nicht in der Lage zu sein, die Entwicklung der urämischen Polyneuropathie zu beeinflussen. Die elektrophysiologische fortlaufende Kontrolle des peripheren Nerven scheint nicht ein brauchbarer Parameter für eine wirksame Dialyse zu sein.Keywords
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