Severity and patterns of blood-nerve barrier breakdown in patients with chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy: correlations with clinical subtypes.

OBJECTIVE: Chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy (CIDP) is currently classified into clinical subtypes, including typical and atypical forms (multifocal acquired demyelinating sensory and motor neuropathy (MADSAM) and distal acquired demyelinating symmetric neuropathy (DADS)). Th...

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Main Authors: Fumitaka Shimizu, Setsu Sawai, Yasuteru Sano, Minako Beppu, Sonoko Misawa, Hideaki Nishihara, Michiaki Koga, Satoshi Kuwabara, Takashi Kanda
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4126720?pdf=render