Some reading

Here is a link to an old journal article on this site. It appears that the “definitive” diagnostic criteria for CIDP have changed quite abit.

[url]http://pcstereolink.com/newsletters/2000summer.htm[/url]

The wikipedia entry for CIDP is also interesting and gives some context:

[url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chronic_inflammatory_demyelinating_polyneuropathy[/url]

This study demonstrates that neurologists should be able to identify/diagnose CIDP without the nerve biopsy.

[url]http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/picrender.fcgi?artid=2169919&blobtype=pdf[/url]

Hope this helps. There are different schools of thought around biopsy, obviously – if your neuro is keen to use as a diagnostic tool then you have to decide whether you are prepared to go through it. I haven’t had one myself, so I can’t help on that score.

Take care
Debs