| med. | total lifetime dose of ethanol | общее количество алкоголя, употреблённое в течение жизни (Verghese, J., Bieri, P. L., Gellido, C., Schaumburg, H. H., & Herskovitz, S. (2001). Peripheral neuropathy in young-old and old-old patients. Muscle & Nerve, 24(11), 1476–1481.: Ammendola et al. compared alcoholics with and without neuropathy to identify risk factors this study showed an increased duration of alcoholism amongst those with neuropathy as well as a higher total lifetime dose of ethanol (TLDE) (n = 76) [6]. It also identified an inverse relationship between TLDE and duration of alcoholism and sural nerve SEP amplitude. TLDE was a common factor identified in six further studies which found it to be correlated with an increasing frequency of neuropathy  nih.gov, doi.org Pustelga) |
