Also in 2001 Jay Cox of the University of California, San Diego, published research demonstrating the potential of fluoroquinolones to cause peripheralneuropathy.
Other conditions associated with similar symptoms that need to be considered include spinal stenosis, peripheralneuropathy, certain musculoskeletal conditions and deep venous thrombosis.
The former prime minister has sensory peripheralneuropathy, a condition that has impaired the conduction of sensation from his legs to his spinal cord, according to Ms. Lee, director of Singapore's National Neuroscience Institute.