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Two major types of peripheral neuropathy have been the subject of clinical trials. These are diabetic polyneuropathy and acquired demyelinating polyneuropathies, acute and chronic. The acute form is Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS), and the chronic form is known as chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy (CIDP). Hughes has, quite rightly, emphasized only the controlled studies of these polyneuropathies.
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Asbury, A.K. (1986). Discussion of Clinical Trials Relating to Peripheral Neuropathies. In: Poeck, K., Freund, HJ., Gänshirt, H. (eds) Neurology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-70007-1_49
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