YANG Qin, et al. Diabetic demyelinating neuropathy:a report of five cases[J]. Journal of Chongqing Medical University, 2005,(2):315-317. DOI: 10.13406/j.cnki.cyxb.2005.02.045.
Objective:To report the clinical characteristics and diagnoses of diabetic demyelinating neuropathy.Methods:Five cases were systematically studied based on the clinical observations and data from aided examination.Results:All the five patients with diabetes mellitus were more than 50 years old.The clinical manifestations included predominantly motor symmetric weakness
proximal and distal
associated with areflexia and a relapsing or a chronic progressive course.The five cases were indistinguishable from idiopathic chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy(I-CIDP) in clinical picture and electrophysiology.They responded to glucocorticosteroid treatment
plasma exchange and intravenous immunoglobulin.Conclusion:Diabetic demyelinating polyneuropathy is one of several types of diabetic peripheral neuropathies.