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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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