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Predominantly sensory neuropathy is/are caused by:

A
Cisplatin
B
Pyridoxine excess
C
Suramin
D
Diptheria
High-Yield Explanation
Ref: Harrison’s 18/e p3463 Pyridoxine is an essential vitamin that serves as a coenzyme for transamination and decarboxylation. However, at high doses (116 mg/d), patients can develop a severe sensory neuropathy with dysesthesias and sensory ataxia. NCS reveal absent or markedly reduced SNAP amplitudes with relatively preserved CMAPs. Nerve biopsy reveals axonal loss of fiber at all diameters. Loss of dorsal root ganglion cells with subsequent degeneration of both the peripheral and central sensory tracts have been reported in animal models

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