peripheral neuropathy
nervous system disease located in nerves or nerve cells
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Summary
peripheral neuropathy is a class of disease[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of class of disease entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (8,492 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Subclass of: neurological disorder[3], neuropathy[4], pathology[5]
- Commons category: Neuropathies[6]
- Said to be the same as: neuropathy[7]
- Applies to part: peripheral nervous system[8]
- ICPC 2 ID: N94[9]
- Topic's main category: Category:Peripheral nervous system disorders[10]
- Anatomical location: peripheral nervous system[11]
- ICD-9-CM: 350-359.99[12]
- NCI Thesaurus ID: C27580[13], C27587[14], C119734[15]
- Health specialty: neurology[16]
- Drug or therapy used for treatment: (S)-duloxetine[17], capsaicin[18], gabapentin[19], fentanyl[20], Diclofenac[21], buprenorphine[22], pregabalin[23]
- Genetic association: CD9[24], TRIO[25]
- Exact match: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/DOID_574[26], http://identifiers.org/doid/DOID:574[27], http://www.orpha.net/ORDO/Orphanet_98496[28]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: WikiProject Medicine[29]
Why It Matters
peripheral neuropathy has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[30] It is known by 61 alternative names across languages and contexts.[31]