Table 2

Features of acute multifocal motor neuropathy with persistent conduction blocks in the four patients from the literature and the four patients in the present series

	Abbruzzese et al	White et al	Wohrle et al	Sugie et al	patient one	patient two	patient three	patient four
n., nerve; Igs, immunoglobulins.
Age (years)	52	63	83	25	32	29	38	60
Sex	Male	Male	Female	Male	Female	Male	male	male
Preceding events	Diarrhoea	Diarrhoea	Not reported	Diarrhoea	No	Sore throat	corticosteroids	no
Deficit onset time	Two weeks	A few days	A few days	A few days	A few days	A few days	A few days	A few days
Motor deficit distribution	Distal, asymmetric, in all four limbs	Distal, asymmetric, in all four limbs	Asymmetric, in all four limbs	Distal, asymmetric, in all four limbs	Distal, asymmetric, in all four limbs	Global, symmetric, in all four limbs	Distal, asymmetric, in all four limbs	Asymmetric, in all four limbs
Sensory signs	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes
Motor relapses	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
Persistent motor conduction blocks	Bilateral median n. and left peroneal n.	Bilateral ulnar n. and left median n.	Bilateral ulnar n.	Multifocal and distal	Bilateral median and ulnar n.; left tibial n.	Bilateral median, ulnar, peroneal, and tibial n.	Bilateral median and ulnar n.; right tibial and left peroneal n.	Bilateral median, ulnar, peroneal, and tibial n.
Other electrophysiological abnormalities	Reduced distal motor potential amplitudes	No	Reduced distal motor potential amplitudes	No	No	No	No	Reduced distal motor potential amplitudes
CSF protein (mg/l)	normal	not done	0.42	0.66	0.6	0.54	0.44	0.55
*Campylobacter jejuni*	positive (recent)	positive in stool culture	not done	positive	negative	positive (not recent)	negative	negative
Anti-ganglioside antibody	IgM anti-GM1, then IgG anti-GM1	IgG anti-GM1	Negative	anti-GM1, anti-GalNAc-GD1a	IgM anti-GM1	IgM anti-GM1, IgG anti-GM2	IgM anti-GM1	negative
Disease evolution	recovery after intravenous Igs but relapses	recovery within a few weeks after intravenous Igs	spontaneous recovery within 3 weeks	spontaneous recovery within 7 weeks	recovery after intravenous Igs but relapses	recovery within a few weeks after intravenous Igs	recovery within a few days after intravenous Igs	no improvement after intravenous Igs