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How does failure to recover clinically after >2 years in a patient with suspected diabetic amytrophy shift diagnostic and therpeutic approach?

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Neurology · Hospital for Special Surgery

The natural history of diabetic amyotrophy is to improve after deficits have reached a nadir; the improvement can be incomplete, but usually occurs within 12-18 months from the onset of symptoms. Therefore, if there are persistent but stable deficits 2 years after the onset of symptoms this may repr...

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