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inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy
Classification:
1) acute: Guillain-Barre syndrome
2) chronic: CIDP
CIDP = chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy
Etiology:
- autoimmune (putative)
Genetics:
- associated with defects in PMP22
Specific
chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy (CIDP)
Guillain-Barre syndrome (GBS)
General
neuritis
polyneuropathy
demyelinating disease
Database Correlations
OMIM 139393
References
- Medical Knowledge Self Assessment Program (MKSAP) 14,
American College of Physicians, Philadelphia 2006