Journal of neurology, neurosurgery, and psychiatry
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J. Neurol. Neurosurg. Psychiatr. · Jul 1996
Comparative StudyChronic dysimmune demyelinating polyneuropathy: a clinical and electrophysiological study of 93 patients.
To identify clinical, electrophysiological, and immunological characteristics of chronic immune demyelinating polyneuropathy to define for each group the appropriate therapeutic strategies. ⋯ The idiopathic CDDP group is heterogeneous with probably different subgroups. Patients with IgM MGUS polyneuropathy and anti-MAG antibodies have characteristics which distinguish them significantly from other CDDP and suggest different immune mechanisms and responses to treatment.