Diseases

Polyradiculoneuropathy

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.

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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.

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  • Polyradiculoneuropathies
  • Autoimmune Demyelinating Disease, Peripheral
  • Demyelinating Autoimmune Disease, Peripheral
  • Demyelinating Disease, Peripheral Autoimmune
  • Peripheral Autoimmune Demyelinating Disease
  • Polyradiculoneuritis
  • Polyradiculoneuritides

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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.

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Indexing Annotation

do not confuse with POLYRADICULOPATHY (dis of multiple nerve roots) nor with RADICULOPATHY (dis of a single nerve root)

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History Note

2000(1979)

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Previous Indexing

  • Polyradiculitis (1966-1978)

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Polyradiculoneuropathy. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D011129. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D011129
  2. Polyradiculoneuropathy. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polyradiculoneuropathy
  3. Polyradiculoneuropathy. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3395796