Acute pure sensory neuropathy
Synonyms: Acute pure sensory GBS | Acute pure sensory Guillain-Barré syndrome
A rare acquired demyelinating neuropathy disease characterized by acute symmetric monophasic sensory neuropathy without motor involvement typically manifesting with numbness in the distal lower limbs which progressively extends to all the limb tingling sensation in the distal lower limbs generalized areflexia and unsteady gait as well as clumsiness of the upper limbs pseudoathetosis and loss of vibration sense.
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