A number of presentations of chronic demyelinating polyneuropathy have been identified,
each distinguished by its phenotypic pattern. In addition to classic chronic inflammatory …

It is proposed that the primary cell involved in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is the
corticomotoneuron. The spinal motoneuron becomes affected as a result of antegrade …

Expression of proteins associated with immune function was investigated
immunohistochemically in postmortem brain and spinal cord of patients with amyotrophic …

We conducted a double-blind, placebo-controlled, study of 19 patients fulfilling eligibility
criteria for multifocal motor neuropathy with persistent conduction block. They were enrolled …

We studied the frequency and clinical correlates of different IgM specificities in 75 patients
with neuropathy associated with IgM monoclonal gammopathy. Patients were tested for IgM …

A number of common disorders of the peripheral nervous system, termed paraproteinemic
neuropathies, are closely connected with the presence of excessive amounts of an …

Multifocal motor neuropathy (MMN) is a recently identified peripheral nerve disorder
characterized by progressive, predominantly distal, asymmetric limb weakness mostly …

This study characterized the proinflammatory cytokines, interleukin-2 (IL-2) and tumor
necrosis factor alpha (TNF α), the antiinflammatory cytokines, IL-4 and IL-10, autoantibodies …

Within one month of starting oral prednisolone treatment weakness unexpectedly increased
in four patients aged 34 to 75 years with purely motor forms of acquired chronic …

High titers of anti‐GM1 ganglioside antibodies (anti‐GM1 antibodies) may be implicated in
lower motor neuron disease. We studied the pathogenic role of anti‐GM1 antibody using the …