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  2. Multifocal motor neuropathy - Wikipedia

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    Multifocal motor neuropathy (MMN) is a progressively worsening condition where muscles in the extremities gradually weaken. The disorder, a pure motor neuropathy syndrome, is sometimes mistaken for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) because of the similarity in the clinical picture, especially if muscle fasciculations are present.

  3. Chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy - Wikipedia

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    Neurology. Chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy (CIDP) is an acquired autoimmune disease of the peripheral nervous system characterized by progressive weakness and impaired sensory function in the legs and arms. [1] The disorder is sometimes called chronic relapsing polyneuropathy (CRP) or chronic inflammatory demyelinating ...

  4. Hirayama disease - Wikipedia

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    Hirayama disease. Hirayama disease, also known as monomelic amyotrophy (MMA), [1][2] is a rare motor neuron disease first described in 1959 in Japan. Its symptoms usually appear about two years after adolescent growth spurt and is significantly more common in males, with an average age of onset between 15 and 25 years.

  5. argenx Highlights Breadth of Autoimmune Pipeline with New ...

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    VYVGART Hytrulo was approved on June 21, 2024, for the treatment of adult patients with CIDP by the U.S Food and Drug Administration (FDA). About Multifocal Motor Neuropathy Multifocal motor neuropathy (MMN) is a rare, chronic autoimmune disease of the peripheral nervous system. The disease is characterized by slowly progressive, asymmetric ...

  6. Antiganglioside antibodies - Wikipedia

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    Multifocal motor neuropathy (MMN) with conduction block is closely related to CIDP (chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy). Anti-GM1 antibodies are positive in around 80% of cases. MMN will present with asymmetrical motor neuropathy where reflexes are usually preserved (or slightly increased), affecting upper limb more than lower limb.

  7. Inflammatory demyelinating diseases of the central nervous ...

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    Autoimmune variants peripheral neuropathies or progressive inflammatory neuropathy could be in the list assuming the autoimmune model for MS, together with a rare demyelinating lesional variant of trigeminal neuralgia [104][failed verification] and some NMDAR Anti-NMDA receptor encephalitis.

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