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Descriptor
English
:
Polyradiculoneuropathy
Descriptor
Spanish
:
Polirradiculoneuropatía
Descriptor
Portuguese
:
Polirradiculoneuropatia
Synonyms
English
:
Autoimmune Demyelinating Disease, Peripheral
Demyelinating Autoimmune Disease, Peripheral
Demyelinating Disease, Peripheral Autoimmune
Peripheral Autoimmune Demyelinating Disease
Polyradiculoneuritides
Polyradiculoneuritis
Polyradiculoneuropathies
Tree Number:
C10.114.750
C10.314.750
C10.668.829.800.750
C20.111.258.750
Definition
English
:
Diseases
characterized by injury or dysfunction involving multiple
peripheral nerves
and nerve roots. The process may primarily
affect
myelin or nerve axons. Two of the more common demyelinating forms are acute inflammatory
polyradiculopathy
(
GUILLAIN-BARRE SYNDROME
) and
POLYRADICULONEUROPATHY
, CHRONIC INFLAMMATORY DEMYELINATING. Polyradiculoneuritis refers to
inflammation
of multiple
peripheral nerves
and
spinal nerve roots.
Indexing Annotation
English
:
do not confuse with
POLYRADICULOPATHY
(dis of multiple nerve roots) nor with
RADICULOPATHY
(dis of a single nerve root)
History Note
English
:
2000(1979)
Allowable Qualifiers
English
:
BL
blood
CF
cerebrospinal fluid
CI
chemically induced
CL
classification
CO
complications
CN
congenital
DI
diagnosis
DG
diagnostic imaging
DH
diet therapy
DT
drug therapy
EC
economics
EM
embryology
EN
enzymology
EP
epidemiology
EH
ethnology
ET
etiology
GE
genetics
HI
history
IM
immunology
ME
metabolism
MI
microbiology
MO
mortality
NU
nursing
PS
parasitology
PA
pathology
PP
physiopathology
PC
prevention & control
PX
psychology
RT
radiotherapy
RH
rehabilitation
SU
surgery
TH
therapy
UR
urine
VE
veterinary
VI
virology
Record Number:
11566
Unique Identifier:
D011129
Occurrence in VHL
:
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