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The spectrum of peripheral neuropathy associated with ARC and AIDS
Author(s) -
Miller Robert G.,
Parry Gareth J.,
Pfaeffl Wolfgang,
Lang William,
Lippert Randolph,
Kiprov Dobri
Publication year - 1988
Publication title -
muscle and nerve
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.025
H-Index - 145
eISSN - 1097-4598
pISSN - 0148-639X
DOI - 10.1002/mus.880110810
Subject(s) - medicine , polyradiculoneuropathy , mononeuropathy , polyradiculopathy , peripheral neuropathy , weakness , peripheral , mononeuritis multiplex , polyneuropathy , electromyography , guillain barre syndrome , complication , surgery , pediatrics , disease , diabetes mellitus , physical medicine and rehabilitation , vasculitis , endocrinology
Peripheral neuropathy is increasingly recognized as a complication of the Aquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) and AIDS‐related complex (ARC), but the varied clinical features have been incompletely described. Thirty homosexual men with peripheral neuropathy were evaluated in this study. Twenty‐one had ARC and nine had AIDS. Four distinct clinical syndromes were recognized: distal sensorimotor polyneuropathy, chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy (CIDP), mononeuropathy multiplex, and progressive polyradiculopathy. Four patients with clinical, electrophysiologic, and histologic evidence of CIDP and severe progressive weakness improved with plasma exchange, three regaining normal function.