Diagnosis, epidemiology and treatment of inflammatory neuropathies

Fahd Baig; Michael Knopp; Yusuf A Rajabally

doi:10.12968/hmed.2012.73.7.380

Diagnosis, epidemiology and treatment of inflammatory neuropathies

Br J Hosp Med (Lond). 2012 Jul;73(7):380-5. doi: 10.12968/hmed.2012.73.7.380.

Authors

Fahd Baig¹, Michael Knopp, Yusuf A Rajabally

Affiliation

¹ Department of Neurology, University Hospitals of Leicester, Leicester, UK.

PMID: 22875431
DOI: 10.12968/hmed.2012.73.7.380

Abstract

This article reviews the main diagnostic, epidemiological and therapeutic issues relating to the three main inflammatory neuropathies: Guillain-Barré syndrome, chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy and multifocal motor neuropathy. The current knowledge base and recent developments are described.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Diagnosis, Differential
Guillain-Barre Syndrome / diagnosis
Guillain-Barre Syndrome / epidemiology
Guillain-Barre Syndrome / therapy
Humans
Incidence
Polyradiculoneuropathy / diagnosis*
Polyradiculoneuropathy / epidemiology*
Polyradiculoneuropathy / therapy*
Polyradiculoneuropathy, Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating / diagnosis
Polyradiculoneuropathy, Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating / epidemiology
Polyradiculoneuropathy, Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating / therapy