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Straube R, Müller G, Voit-Bak K, Tselmin S, Julius U, Schatz U, Rietzsch H, Reichmann H, Chrousos GP, Schürmann A, Jarc L, Ziemssen T, Siepmann T, Bornstein SR. Metabolic and Non-Metabolic Peripheral Neuropathy: Is there a Place for Therapeutic Apheresis? Horm Metab Res 2019; 51:779-784. [PMID: 31826273 DOI: 10.1055/a-1039-1471] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
Abstract
As the rate of obesity and the incidence of diabetes mellitus have been increasing, diabetic neuropathy has become the most common cause of peripheral neuropathy in developed countries. In addition, a variety of pathogenetically heterogeneous disorders can lead to impairment of the peripheral nervous system including amyloidosis, vitamin deficiencies, uremia and lipid disorders, alcohol abuse, autoimmune and infectious diseases as well as exposure to environmental toxins. We have noted that a combination of these disorders may aggravate the manifestations of peripheral diabetic neuropathy, an effect, which is most pronounced when metabolic and non-metabolic pathologies lead to cumulative damage. Current treatment options are limited and generally have unsatisfactory results in most patients. Therapeutic apheresis (INUSpherese®) allows the removal of metabolic, inflammatory, immunologic and environmental contributors to the disease process and may be an effective treatment option. We reviewed the developments in therapeutic apheresis for metabolic and non-metabolic peripheral neuropathy, including the current literature as well as data from our university diabetes center.
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Affiliation(s)
- Richard Straube
- Zentrum für Apherese- und Hämofiltration am INUS Tagesklinikum - Cham, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine III, University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus at the Technische Universität Dresden, Germany
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- Zentrum für Apherese- und Hämofiltration am INUS Tagesklinikum - Cham, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine III, University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus at the Technische Universität Dresden, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine III, University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus at the Technische Universität Dresden, Germany
| | - Ulrike Schatz
- Department of Internal Medicine III, University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus at the Technische Universität Dresden, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine III, University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus at the Technische Universität Dresden, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus at the Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine III, University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus at the Technische Universität Dresden, Germany
- University Research Institute of Maternal and Child Health & Precision Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece
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- Department of Experimental Diabetology, German Institute of Human Nutrition Potsdam-Rehbruecke (DIfE), Nuthetal, Germany
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- Center for Regenerative Therapies Dresden, Faculty of Medicine, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus at the Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus at the Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine III, University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus at the Technische Universität Dresden, Germany
- Division of Diabetes & Nutritional Sciences, Faculty of Life Sciences & Medicine, King's College London, London, United Kingdom
- Klinik für Endokrinologie, Diabetologie und Klinische Ernährung, University Hospital, Zürich, Switzerland
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