Demyelinating peripheral neuropathy

OBJECTIVE Report a double-blind, placebo-controlled study of rituximab in patients with anti-MAG demyelinating polyneuropathy (A… (More)

Dose-limiting peripheral neuropathy (PN) is frequently reported with the use of thalidomide and bortezomib, novel proteasome… (More)

Mutations in the gene encoding the gap junction protein connexin32 (Cx32) cause X-linked Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease (CMTX), a… (More)

The peripheral nerve disorders associated with diabetes are complex and probably involve a variety of causative mechanisms. This… (More)

Peripheral myelin protein PMP22 has been suggested to have a role in peripheral nerve myelination and cell proliferation. Defects… (More)

It has recently been shown that merosin, a laminin variant, is deficient in a proportion of patients with congenital muscular… (More)

Hereditary neuropathy with liability to pressure palsies (HNPP) is an autosomal dominant disorder that causes episodes of focal… (More)

We report five patients with pure motor neuropathy characterized by multifocal weakness, muscle atrophy that was sometimes… (More)

A combination of multiple sclerosis (MS) and hypertrophic demyelinating neuropathy has been reported in a few autopsy studies. We… (More)

We describe five patients with a chronic asymmetric sensorimotor neuropathy most pronounced in the upper extremities with focal… (More)