Apheresis in the treatment of chronic relapsing polyneuropathy

✍ Scribed by Harry Handelsman

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1985
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 309 KB
• Volume: 2
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0733-2459
• DOI: 10.1002/jca.2920020422

✦ Synopsis

As a distinct inflammatory demyelinating disease, chronic relapsing polyneuropathy can be extremely debilitating and cause respiratory failure leading to death. The cause of the disorder is unknown, although evidence suggests that immune dysfunction plays some role in its pathogenesis.