RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Chronic idiopathic axonal polyneuropathy: a five year follow up.
JF Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry
JO J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd
SP 1525
OP 1527
DO 10.1136/jnnp.57.12.1525
VO 57
IS 12
A1 N C Notermans
A1 J H Wokke
A1 Y van der Graaf
A1 H Franssen
A1 G W van Dijk
A1 F G Jennekens
YR 1994
UL http://jnnp.bmj.com/content/57/12/1525.abstract
AB Seventy five patients with chronic idiopathic axonal polyneuropathy (CIAP) were studied for five years. The standardised and quantified neurological examination shows that progression of CIAP is slow, and handicap, if present, is not severe. During the follow up period a definite cause of the neuropathy was found in only four patients (two hereditary motor and sensory neuropathy type 2, one sensory chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy, one alcoholic neuropathy). At the end of the follow up CIAP was not related to malignancy or gammopathy. Routine repetition of laboratory tests was not informative and these tests should be performed on clinical grounds only.