This is a diffuse motor-sensory polyneuropathy that is predominantly axonal in nature. The neuropathy is present regardless of the etiology of the cirrhosis. The incidence and severity of this ...

As GAN progresses, the axons of motor and sensory nerves break down ... Bharucha-Goebel et al, Intrathecal Gene Therapy for Giant Axonal Neuropathy, New England Journal of Medicine (2024).

Acute Motor Axonal Neuropathy (AMAN): Common in Asia and Central/South America, primarily affects motor nerves. Acute Motor-Sensory Axonal Neuropathy (AMSAN): A severe form involving both motor ...

Studies now suggest that neural protein levels in serum and cerebrospinal fluid reflect axonal damage and predict poor outcome in patients with immune-mediated neuropathy, although validation ...

Experts told TOI that Pune's higher mortality and severe disease progression indicated predominance of Acute Motor Axonal Neuropathy (AMAN) variant, a more aggressive form of GBS associated with ...

The different forms of GBS are commonly known as Acute Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyradiculoneuropathy (AIDP), Miller Fisher Syndrome (MFS), Acute Motor Axonal Neuropathy (AMAN), and Acute Motor ...

The outbreak of Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS) in Pune and the ninth death due to the disease in the city have surprised the doctors. An unusually rapid disease progression is being reported in ...

The pattern of involvement was predominantly of an axonal sensory motor polyneuropathy. Neuropathy was found both in patients with alcohol-related and non-alcohol-related cirrhosis. The presence ...