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JOURNAL OF THE PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM
Volume 19, Issue 2, Pages 136-144Publisher
WILEY-BLACKWELL
DOI: 10.1111/jns5.12063
Keywords
polyneuropathy; pyridoxine; vitamin B6
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- Prinses Beatrix Fonds [WAR 07-24]
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Vitamin B6 intoxication can result in a sensory ataxic neuropathy, but the association with a milder predominantly sensory or sensorimotor phenotype in chronic idiopathic axonal polyneuropathy (CIAP) remains unclear. A total of 381 patients with CIAP and 140 healthy controls were prospectively included. In a standardized fashion the use of vitamin B6 containing supplements and vitamin B6 levels were compared between patients and controls. On follow-up, patients were questioned about cessation of supplement use and the impact on the symptoms of polyneuropathy. Vitamin B6 levels in patients (median: 99nmol/l, range: 38-2,967nmol) were not significantly higher than in controls (median: 109nmol/l, range: 41-2,373nmol/l, p=0.58), nor were daily dose, cumulative dose or duration of supplement use. However, more patients (31%) than controls (22%) used vitamin B6 containing supplements (odds ratio [OR] 1.7, 95% confidence interval [CI] 1.0-2.7, p=0.032). Follow-up of patients confirming the cessation of supplements showed slow progression of symptoms in 64%, stabilization in 26%, and regression in 10%. On the basis of our prospective case-control study and review of the literature, an association between CIAP and vitamin B6 exposure or elevated vitamin B6 levels appears unlikely.
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