Neurologic pathology in severe forms of chronic renal failure
Nikiforov, A.S.; Ostroumova, I.V.; Soldatova, S.A.; Ermolenko, V.M.
Zhurnal Nevropatologii i Psikhiatrii Imeni S.S. Korsakova 76(11): 1605-1609
1976
ISSN/ISBN: 0044-4588 PMID: 1015084 Document Number: 106472
The paper deals with the results of a neurological and psychological study of 162 patients with chronic renal insufficiency. Among this contingent 122 were in a terminal phase and preserved a viability only because of a long-term (up to 4 years) regular hemodialysis. The authors describe the dynamics of neurological pathology due to autointoxication and metabolic disturbances and suggest that the main foci of lesions are nonspecific structures of the mesencephalo-diencephalic brain areas and peripheral nerves on the background of a diffuse lesion of the nervous tissue.