Guillain Barr?syndrome is classified as an acute autoimmune polyneuropathy, which specifically affects the peripheral nervous system of the infected patient.
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Due to the rareness of the other types of familial neuropathies, transthyretin amyloidogenesis-associated polyneuropathy should probably be considered first.
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The main dose-limiting side effect of cancer treatment with platinum compounds is neurotoxicity, which causes peripheral neuropathies including polyneuropathy.
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Tafamidis is one such small molecule that has been approved by several international regulatory agencies for the treatment of Transthyretin Familial Amyloid Polyneuropathy.
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Instead it was the most visible symptom of a slowly progressing polyneuropathy of old age, which also affected other nerves in the body.
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They looked at chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy ( CIDP ) which is characterized by progressive weakness and sensory impairment in the arms and legs.
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For instance, the polyneuropathy of acute porphyria may be mistaken for Guillain Barr?syndrome, and porphyria testing is commonly recommended in those situations.
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There is evidence that polyneuropathy is also prevalent in well nourished alcoholics, supporting the idea that there is a direct toxic effect of alcohol.
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It is also thought there is perhaps a genetic predisposition for some alcoholics that results in increased frequency of alcoholic polyneuropathy in certain ethnic groups.
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In Dalmatians it is part of another condition called'laryngeal paralysis-polyneuropathy complex .'Affected puppies should not be used for breeding.
