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Chronic Idiopathic Axonal Polyneuropathy and Successful Aging of the Peripheral Nervous System
Arch Neurol. 2002;59:520-522.
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IN THIS ISSUE OF THE ARCHIVES, Vrancken and colleagues1
from the University Medical Center in Utrecht, the Netherlands, further define
the clinical characteristics of chronic idiopathic axonal polyneuropathy (CIAP).
These unclassified sensory-predominant polyneuropathies are common in middle
to late adulthood and have been an ongoing interest of the Utrecht group2 as well as of others.3
The age of onset for CIAP tends to be in the sixth decade of life or later.
A large majority of patients with CIAP present with foot discomfort. Symptoms
and signs are length dependent and progress slowly, and electrophysiologic
and histologic data are consistent with a primarily axonal injury. Once identifiable
causes for polyneuropathy have been excluded, patient management usually focuses
on the treatment of neuropathic pain.
In their current study, Vrancken et al1
examine 2 separate but related issues. The first question addressed is whether
the prognosis of CIAP differs for those individuals who . . . [Full Text of this Article]
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