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*Responsive to steroids. | *Responsive to steroids. | ||
*Enlargement of affected nerve. | *Enlargement of affected nerve. | ||
*Variation of fiber density between fascicles / reduced axon numbers. | |||
*CD4+ve/CD8+ve inflammatory infiltrates(approx. 65% cases). | *CD4+ve/CD8+ve inflammatory infiltrates(approx. 65% cases). | ||
*Demyelination (thinly myelinated axons, macrophages). | *Demyelination (thinly myelinated axons, macrophages). | ||
*Onion-bulb formations (chronic recurrent demyelination and remyelination). | *Onion-bulb formations (15-40%, chronic recurrent demyelination and remyelination). | ||
DDx: Familial hypertrophic neuropathy. | |||