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Clinical case. Differential diagnosis: Diabetic neuropathy, Amyloidosis, uremic neuropathy, B12 vitamin deficiency, Paraneoplastic autonomic neuropathy, HIV infection, alcoholic neuropathy. Diagnosis: presence of peripheral polyneuropathy, specific blood tests. Main autonomic manifestations of diabetic neuropathy: cardiovascular autonomic neuropathy (CAN), bladder, gastrointestinal, sudomotor and erectile dysfunction. Symptoms management. CAN and survival prognosis.
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Idiaquez, J., Benarroch, E., Nogues, M. (2018). Autonomic Failure in Chronic Peripheral Neuropathy. In: Idiaquez, J., Benarroch, E., Nogues, M. (eds) Evaluation and Management of Autonomic Disorders. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-72251-1_8
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