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Disorders of the peripheral nervous system include a wide variety of conditions with diverse causes and presentations. Certain disease processes seem to involve the peripheral nervous system preferentially; its long and often vulnerable axons determine its responses to various injuries and insults.1
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Wilkinson, J.M. (1998). Disorders of the Peripheral Nervous System. In: Taylor, R.B., David, A.K., Johnson, T.A., Phillips, D.M., Scherger, J.E. (eds) Family Medicine. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-2947-4_67
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