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JOURNAL OF NEUROLOGY
Volume 268, Issue 3, Pages 879-890Publisher
SPRINGER HEIDELBERG
DOI: 10.1007/s00415-020-10215-9
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Poliomyelitis; Diphtheria; Leprosy; Guillain-Barre syndrome; HIV; Lyme
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The history of mankind is affected by numerous epidemics, some of which involve diseases of the peripheral nervous system, whether infectious or autoimmune in nature. This article describes the three main infectious causes of epidemics affecting the peripheral nervous system, as well as discussing epidemics of autoimmune origin.
The history of mankind is marked by numerous epidemics, some of which involved diseases of the peripheral nervous system, either infectious or otherwise. We describe here the three main infectious causes of epidemics that affect the peripheral nervous system: leprosy, poliomyelitis and diphtheria. We then discuss the main epidemics of immune-mediated origin.
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