Inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathies and patient management during the COVID-19 pandemic. Literature review

Inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathies are rare but potentially treatable disorders. They can cause a lot of difficulties in daily practice due to their clinical heterogeneity and long term immunosuppressive treatment. Environmental and epidemiological changes may increase the incidence of the...

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Main Authors: R. Bunevičiūtė, A. Klimašauskienė
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Language:English
Published: Vilnius University Press 2020-06-01
Series:Neurologijos seminarai
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Online Access:https://www.journals.vu.lt/neurologijos_seminarai/article/view/27749
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description Inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathies are rare but potentially treatable disorders. They can cause a lot of difficulties in daily practice due to their clinical heterogeneity and long term immunosuppressive treatment. Environmental and epidemiological changes may increase the incidence of the demyelinating polyneuropathies. This article considers the main clinical features, basics of diagnosis and treatment of acute and chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathies with a special attention to the management of patients during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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spelling doaj-art-9549c82d42114ffea563e5483fd642542025-01-20T18:22:43ZengVilnius University PressNeurologijos seminarai1392-30642424-59172020-06-01242(84)10.29014/ns.2020.21Inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathies and patient management during the COVID-19 pandemic. Literature reviewR. Bunevičiūtė 0A. Klimašauskienė 1Vilnius University, LithuaniaVilnius University, Lithuania Inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathies are rare but potentially treatable disorders. They can cause a lot of difficulties in daily practice due to their clinical heterogeneity and long term immunosuppressive treatment. Environmental and epidemiological changes may increase the incidence of the demyelinating polyneuropathies. This article considers the main clinical features, basics of diagnosis and treatment of acute and chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathies with a special attention to the management of patients during the COVID-19 pandemic. https://www.journals.vu.lt/neurologijos_seminarai/article/view/27749Guillain-Barré syndromechronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathyCOVID-19
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Inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathies and patient management during the COVID-19 pandemic. Literature review
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Guillain-Barré syndrome
chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy
COVID-19
title Inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathies and patient management during the COVID-19 pandemic. Literature review
title_full Inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathies and patient management during the COVID-19 pandemic. Literature review
title_fullStr Inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathies and patient management during the COVID-19 pandemic. Literature review
title_full_unstemmed Inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathies and patient management during the COVID-19 pandemic. Literature review
title_short Inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathies and patient management during the COVID-19 pandemic. Literature review
title_sort inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathies and patient management during the covid 19 pandemic literature review
topic Guillain-Barré syndrome
chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy
COVID-19
url https://www.journals.vu.lt/neurologijos_seminarai/article/view/27749
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