Lots of the latest information. To receive occasional news about this site, enter your e-mail address, select 'subscribe' and press 'update' button. Antibody-producing bone marrow cells go out of control and produce large numbers of the same antibody. Some doctors regard the clinical, electrophysiological and pathological features of the demyelinating paraproteinaemic neuropathies and of CIDP as closely similar and almost indistinguishable. So there is usually more pain but less severe weakness and impairment.
Most patients respond to corticosteroids, cytotoxic drugs, or plasma exchange.