List of underlying causes

Footnotes

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3. Zeidman LA. Advances in the Management of Small Fiber Neuropathy. Neurol Clin. 2021;39(1):113-131. doi:10.1016/j.ncl.2020.09.006 ↩ ↩² ↩³ ↩⁴ ↩⁵ ↩⁶ ↩⁷ ↩⁸ ↩⁹ ↩¹⁰ ↩¹¹ ↩¹² ↩¹³ ↩¹⁴ ↩¹⁵ ↩¹⁶ ↩¹⁷ ↩¹⁸ ↩¹⁹ ↩²⁰

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5. Generated by OpenAI’s GPT-4 LLM on [2023-09-17]. Readers should treat insights from this GPT-4 as a guide/suggestion, not a definitive answer. ↩ ↩² ↩³ ↩⁴ ↩⁵ ↩⁶ ↩⁷ ↩⁸ ↩⁹ ↩¹⁰ ↩¹¹ ↩¹² ↩¹³ ↩¹⁴ ↩¹⁵ ↩¹⁶ ↩¹⁷ ↩¹⁸ ↩¹⁹ ↩²⁰ ↩²¹ ↩²² ↩²³ ↩²⁴ ↩²⁵ ↩²⁶ ↩²⁷ ↩²⁸ ↩²⁹ ↩³⁰ ↩³¹ ↩³² ↩³³ ↩³⁴ ↩³⁵ ↩³⁶ ↩³⁷ ↩³⁸ ↩³⁹ ↩⁴⁰ ↩⁴¹ ↩⁴² ↩⁴³ ↩⁴⁴ ↩⁴⁵ ↩⁴⁶ ↩⁴⁷ ↩⁴⁸ ↩⁴⁹ ↩⁵⁰ ↩⁵¹ ↩⁵² ↩⁵³ ↩⁵⁴ ↩⁵⁵ ↩⁵⁶ ↩⁵⁷ ↩⁵⁸ ↩⁵⁹ ↩⁶⁰ ↩⁶¹

6. Khoshnoodi MA, Truelove S, Burakgazi A, Hoke A, Mammen AL, Polydefkis M. Longitudinal Assessment of Small Fiber Neuropathy: Evidence of a Non-Length- Dependent Distal Axonopathy. Vol 73.; 2016. doi:10. 1001/jamaneurol.2016.0057 ↩

7. Zouari HG, Wahab A, Ng Wing Tin S, S`ene D, Lefaucheur JP. The Clinical Features of Painful Small- Fiber Neuropathy Suggesting an Origin Linked to Primary Sjögren’s Syndrome. Pain Pract. 2019;19(4):426-34. doi:10.1111/papr.12763 ↩

8. Gøransson LG, Tjensvoll AB, Herigstad A, Mellgren SI, Omdal R. Small-diameter nerve fiber neuropathy in systemic lupus erythematosus. Arch Neurol. 2006;63(3):401-4. doi:10.1001/archneur.63.3.401 ↩

9. Devigili G, TugnoliV, Penza P, et al. The Diagnostic Criteria for Small Fibre Neuropathy: From Symptoms to Neuropathology. Vol 131.; 2008. doi:10.1093/brain/awn093 ↩

10. Bakkers M, Faber CG, Drent M, et al. Pain and Autonomic Dysfunction in Patients with Sarcoidosis and Small Fibre Neuropathy. Vol 257.; 2010. doi:10.1007/s00415- 010-5664-7 ↩

11. Potential causes that have been reported by individuals within a Small Fiber Neuropathy Facebook group . These are anecdotal experiences and have not been scientifically validated. ↩ ↩² ↩³

12. Biegstraaten M, Hollak CEM, Bakkers M, Faber CG, Aerts JMFG, van Schaik IN. Small fiber neuropathy in Fabry disease. Mol Genet Metab. 2012;106(2):135-41. doi:10.1016/j.ymgme.2012.03.010 ↩

13. Sturniolo GC, Lazzarini D, Bartolo O, et al. Small fiber peripheral neuropathy in wilson disease: An in vivo documentation by corneal confocal microscopy. Investig Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2015;56(2):1390-5. doi:10.1167/iovs.14- 15004 ↩

14. Cazzato D, Castori M, Lombardi R, et al. Small fiber neuropathy is a common feature of Ehlers-Danlos syndromes. Neurology. 2016;87(2):155-9. doi:10.1212/ WNL.0000000000002847

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15. Farhad K, Traub R, Ruzhansky KM, Brannagan TH. Causes of neuropathy in patients referred as “idiopathic neuropathy.” Muscle and Nerve. 2016;53(6):856-61. doi:10.1002/mus.24969 ↩

16. Lawson VH, et al. Fibromyalgia syndrome and small fiber, early or mild sensory polyneuropathy. Muscle Nerve. 2018; This study confirms the presence of small fiber neuropathy in a subset of patients with fibromayalgia and also shows evidence of early large fiber neuropathy in these patietns. ↩