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Is it true you can be diagnosed with a mild form of peripheral neuropathy and be fine?

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Quite true: Yes, you can have mild, so called "subclinial" neuropathy which is detectable by instruments only and does not reach the level of being perceived by you.

Dr Quintana and 2 doctors agreed

Answered 6/2/2014

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