title: Polyneuropathy in childhood.
abstract: Polyneuropathy is an uncommon neurologic disorder that occurs in childhood. An evaluation of 61 patients over a period of seven years showed the Guillain-Barré syndrome and degenerative polyneuropathies to be the most common diagnoses. Other etiologies included metabolic, toxic, and neuropathies associated with systemic diseases. A group of idiopathic neuropathies was identified in which an unusual finding was a large subgroup of children with chronic or progressive central nervous system disease.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002493:Central Nervous System Diseases / Q000139:chemically induced; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D009422:Nervous System Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000201:enzymology / Q000453:epidemiology*; D011115:Polyneuropathies / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology; D011129:Polyradiculoneuropathy / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology; D013714:Tennessee; D014750:Vincristine / Q000009:adverse effects
chemical_list: D014750:Vincristine