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Chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy (CIDP) in diabetics
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Author | Stewart, John David McKelvey, Roger Durcan, Liam Carpenter, Stirling Karpati, George |
| Copyright Year | 1996 |
| Abstract | Seven diabetic patients developed a progressive, moderately severe, motor rather than sensory neuropathy predominantly affecting the legs. This met clinical and electrophysiological criteria for chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy (CIDP). Nerve biopsies showed a variety of abnormalities, none of which clearly distinguished between diabetic polyneuropathy and CIDP. The patients were treated with combinations of corticosteroids, azathioprine, plasmapheresis and intravenous immune globulin; all improved substantially. We believe that CIDP may masquerade as unusually severe and progressive diabetic distal symmetric polyneuropathy. It is important to recognize CIDP in diabetics because, unlike diabetic polyneuropathy, CIDP is treatable. |
| Starting Page | 59 |
| Ending Page | 64 |
| Page Count | 6 |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| DOI | 10.1016/0022-510X(96)00126-8 |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://api.elsevier.com/content/article/pii/0022510X96001268 |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/0022510X96001268?dgcid=api_sd_search-api-endpoint |
| PubMed reference number | 8902721 |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://doi.org/10.1016/0022-510X%2896%2900126-8 |
| Journal | Medline |
| Volume Number | 142 |
| Journal | Journal of the Neurological Sciences |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
