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- noun medicine A
condition in whichpolyneuropathy andpolyradiculopathy occur together, such asGuillain-Barré syndrome .
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Examples
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Too many diseases, known and unknown, come from ingesting or even handling brain tissue, such as mad cow disease and autoimmune polyradiculoneuropathy the latter occurred last year among pork processing plant workers.
"Could it be the worst food product ever?" Ann Althouse 2009
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In fact, it was the beginning of chronic idiopathic demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy - a recurring autoimmune syndrome that left her paralyzed for weeks at a time, unable to care for herself, unsure of what her future would hold or if she would even have one.
NPR Topics: News 2011
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The Phase III study in primary immune deficiency represents the start of a series of planned studies to investigate Octapharma's new 10% IVIG for a range of neurologic and haematological conditions including idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP), Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) and Kawasaki disease and chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy (CIDP).
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Kawasaki disease and chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy (CIDP).
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