Title: Geriatric onset laryngeal paralysis polyneuropathy

{{More citations needed|date=October 2018}}
'''Geriatric onset laryngeal paralysis polyneuropathy''' ('''GOLPP'''), previously described as '''idiopathic laryngeal paralysis''' ('''ILP'''), is a [[degenerative disease|degenerative]] [[polyneuropathy]] that most commonly occurs in older medium-to-large breed dogs.&lt;ref name=&quot;MacPhail 2017&quot;&gt;{{cite book |last1=MacPhail |first1=Catriona M. |editor1-last=Ettinger |editor1-first=Stephen J. |editor2-last=Feldman |editor2-first=Edward C. |editor3-last=Cote |editor3-first=Etienne |title=Textbook of Veterinary Internal Medicine |date=2017 |publisher=Elsevier Health Sciences |isbn=9780323312394 |page=1078 |edition=8th |chapter=Diseases of the larynx. Canine laryngeal paralysis}}&lt;/ref&gt;

Animals with this condition have historically tended to come to veterinary attention when they develop difficulties related to opening and closing the [[arytenoid cartilage]]s of the [[larynx]] in the throat of the animal, causing difficulty with breathing and swallowing, and was therefore for many years the condition was believed to be an [[idiopathic]] form of [[laryngeal paralysis]], meaning &quot;of unknown cause&quot;. Investigations into idiopathic laryngeal paralysis by two groups (in [[Michigan]] and [[Tennessee]]) between 2005 and 2013 showed that dogs with ILP did not only suffer dysfunction of the laryngeal nerves; they found that this was just one prominent symptom of what was a very gradually progressing polyneuropathy of old age, which also affected other nerves in the body.  This finding, now generally believed correct following further research, has led to the disease commonly being proposed in veterinary discussion and papers, to be renamed from ILP to GOLPP, to better reflect this new understanding since this discovery.

==Epidemiology==
Medium-to-large breed dogs are most commonly affected by GOLPP,&lt;ref name=&quot;MacPhail 2017&quot; /&gt; including the [[Afghan hound]], [[golden retriever]],  [[Irish setter]], [[Labrador retriever]], [[Rottweiler]], [[St. Bernard (dog)|St Bernard]] and [[standard poodle]].&lt;ref&gt;{{cite journal |last1=Kitshoff |first1=Adriaan M. |last2=Van Goethem |first2=Bart |last3=Stegen |first3=Ludo |last4=Vandekerckhov |first4=Peter |last5=de Rooster |first5=Hilde |title=Laryngeal paralysis in dogs: an update on recent knowledge. |journal=Journal of the South African Veterinary Association |date=5 April 2013 |volume=84 |issue=1 |pages=E1-9 |pmid=23718178 |url=http://www.scielo.org.za/scielo.php?pid=S1019-91282013000100058&amp;script=sci_arttext&amp;tlng=es |doi=10.4102/jsava.v84i1.909|doi-access=free |hdl=1854/LU-4293646 |hdl-access=free }}&lt;/ref&gt;

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