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. 2014 Mar 11;9(3):e91772. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0091772

Table 1. Clinical data of individual patients.

Patients Sex Age (years) Clinical Manifestation Neurological dysfunction
Sensory Motor Autonomic
1 M 45 Hand and foot numbness and weakness, poor fine finger movement, muscle atrophy, urinary retention, reflex decline in knee and ankle +++ ++ +
2 F 38 Hand and foot numbness and pain, diarrhea, tactile decline in knee and ankle, reflex decline in ankle ++ - +
3 F 56 Hand and foot pain, urinary retention, tactile decline in wrist and ankle, reflex decline in ankle ++ - +
4 M 52 Hand and foot numbness and weakness, muscle atrophy in fingers, squating and standing difficulties, diarrhea, tactile loss of tuning fork, reflex decline in knee and ankle +++ +++ +
5 M 58 Hand and foot numbness, hypertension, black ulceration in the left great toe, pulsation decline in the dorsalis pedis artery + - -
6 M 46 Feet numbness, sweating, urinary retention, reflex decline in knees and ankles ++ - ++
7 M 51 Right foot numbness, vision loss, intermittent diarrhea, reflex decline in knees and ankles + _ +
8 F 43 Feet numbness, fast resting heart rate, shortened PR, reflex decline in knees and ankles + - +++
9 M 41 Intermittent numbness + - -
10 F 46 Intermittent foot numbness and pain + - -

+ ∼ +++ represents the various extents of neurological dysfunction based on the symptoms and physical examination.