multifocal motor neuropathy

multifocal motor neuropathy
a variant of chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy characterized by conduction blocks at multiple sites on motor nerves without significant change in sensory nerves in the area; muscles innervated by the affected nerves undergo slow atrophy.

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