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Shin J. Oh, MD
Department of Neurology University of Alabama at Birmingham Birmingham, AL 35294

Arch Neurol. 1994;51(3):234-235.

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Hughes et al¹ described seven cases of subacute "idiopathic" demyelinating polyradiculopathy (SIDP) characterized by progressive weakness of all four limbs over 4 to 8 weeks, high spinal fluid protein in a majority of cases, good response to steroids in four of seven cases, and monophasic illness.¹ They proposed that this disorder provides a link between the Guillain-Barré syndrome and chronic idiopathic demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy (CIDP).

Their concept is not new. In fact, I proposed this concept in 1978 in an article published in the ARCHIVES² and en . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

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