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Amyloid neuropathy mimicking chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy.
Muscle & nerve - 1 Jan 2012
Mathis Stephane, Magy Laurent, Diallo Laho, Boukhris Sami, Vallat Jean-Michel
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INTRODUCTION: Amyloid neuropathy is a rare peripheral neuropathy that classically presents as a progressive sensory neuropathy with prominent autonomic involvement. METHODS: We describe 5 patients with amyloid neuropathy (familial amyloid polyneuropathy or acquired amyloidosis) who were initially mistaken to have chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy (CIDP) based on history, clinical...
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