Dysfunction of the immune system can result in damage of the peripheral nervous system.
The immunological mechanisms, which include macrophage infiltration, inflammation and …

Inflammatory neuropathies are a heterogeneous group of rare diseases of the peripheral
nervous system that include acute and chronic diseases, such as Guillain-Barré syndrome …

To revise the 2010 consensus guideline on chronic inflammatory demyelinating
polyradiculoneuropathy (CIDP). Seventeen disease experts, a patient representative, and …

Background and Objectives To study the clinical and laboratory features of antineurofascin-
155 (NF155)–positive autoimmune nodopathy (AN). Methods Patients with anti-NF155 …

Autoimmune diseases of the peripheral nervous system have so far been treated mainly with
exogenous high-dose intravenous immunoglobulins (IVIg), that act through several …

This is a review of inherited and acquired causes of human demyelinating neuropathies and
a subset of disorders that affect axon–Schwann cell interactions. Nearly all inherited …

Background Neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder (NMOSD) is an inflammatory
autoimmune disease of the central nervous system that involves B-cell receptor signaling as …

Autoimmune neuropathy associated with antibodies against pan-neurofascin is a new
subtype of nodo-paranodopathy. It is relevant because it is associated with high morbidity …

AN have emerged as a new diagnostic category pathologically different from acquired
demyelinating neuropathies. Clinically they overlap with GBS and CIDP although they …

Chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy (CIDP) is the most common,
heterogeneous, immune-mediated neuropathy, characterized by predominant …