title: Peripheral neuropathy as first sign of ulcerative colitis in a child.
abstract: A 6-year-old girl developed an axonal sensorimotor polyneuropathy a few days before intestinal symptoms with bloody diarrhea and abdominal pain. Colon biopsy established the diagnosis of ulcerative colitis. Vitamin and acid folic levels were normal. Peripheral neuropathy is an unusual event in ulcerative colitis in childhood, and an autoimmune pathogenesis is suspected.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, University of Catania, Italy. coicoico@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Filippo
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Greco
authors.forename: Piero
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Pavone
authors.forename: Raffaele
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Falsaperla
authors.forename: Giovanni
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Sorge
mesh_terms: D001706:Biopsy; D002648:Child; D003093:Colitis, Ulcerative / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011115:Polyneuropathies / Q000150:complications*