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Twenty-five patients with chronic renal failure including four recipients of a kidney transplant were subjected to clinical studies of peripheral nerve function. In twenty-four patients, electrophysiological studies were also carried out. Clinical evidence of a neuropathy was found in twelve patients and a subclinical form in five, and in four others with the “ Restless Legs Syndrome ”. In three patients there was no evidence of peripheral nerve damage.
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Callaghan, N. A study of peripheral nerve function in chronic renal failure. Ir. J. Med. Sc. 41, 325–331 (1966). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02969254
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