Table 3

Nerve biopsy findings

NoDensity of MFEndoneurial oedemaOnion bulbsInflammatory cellsBlood vesselsSegmental demyelinationSegmental remyelinationAxonal degeneration
1 435PresentAbsentAbsentThick BM11 912
21850PresentPresentCD68, CD22, CD4, CD8Thick181215
3 830PresentAbsentAbsentThick151018
4 780PresentPresentCD68Thick171027
5 285AbsentAbsentCD68Calcium241718
62530AbsentAbsentCD68Thick321513
7 960PresentAbsentCD68, CD4, CD8Thick18 616
8 575AbsentPresentCD68Thick221214
9 715PresentAbsentCD68, CD22, CD4, CD8Thick141516
101220PresentPresentCD68Thick181012
12 605PresentAbsentAbsentThick151018
131810PresentAbsentAbsentThick121518
141314AbsentAbsentCD68Thick14 812
151922PresentAbsentCD68, CD22, CD4, CD8Occluded21 719
  • MF=Myelinated fibres; n >7000/mm2