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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Electrical spinal cord stimulation for painful peripheral neuropathy secondary to coeliac disease
  1. D MURPHY,
  2. J LAFFY,
  3. D O’KEEFFE
  1. Department of Anaesthesia & Pain Management
  2. St Vincent’s Hospital,
  3. Elm Park,
  4. Dublin 4,
  5. Ireland

https://doi.org/10.1136/gut.42.3.448-c

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    Editor,—Spinal cord stimulation has been used for pain relief in patients with painful diabetic neuropathies.1 Coeliac disease is associated with varied neurological complications (5–8%) including ataxia, peripheral neuropathy, myelopathy, myopathy, and dementia.2 We report the novel use of electrical spinal cord stimulation for the management of chronic painful peripheral neuropathy secondary to coeliac disease.

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