Demyelination of peripheral nerve

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• Synonyms

  • Demyelination in PNS
  • Demyelinating neuropathy
  • Peripheral demyelination

• Causes

  • Guillain-Barre syndrome
  • Chronic idiopathic demyelinating polyneuropathy
  • Diphtheric neuropathy
  • Multifocal motor neuropathy
  • Hereditary motor and sensory neuropathy type I
  • Krabbe disease
  • Metachromatic leukodystrophy
  • Monoclonal gammopathy of unknown significance
  • Waldenstrom macroglobulinaemia
  • Myeloma
  • Chronic active hepatitis
  • Cerebral X-linked adrenoleukodystrophy

• Effects

  • Slowed conduction velocity
  • Peripheral neuropathy

• Parents

  • Demyelination