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Myelinated fiber depletion in chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy (photomicrograph)

Semithin section of sural nerve showing marked reduction in density of myelinated fibers, with a few thinly myelinated or demyelinated axons in chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy. (Epon section stained with toluidine blue; x80 before magnification). (Courtesy of Dr. R. Wollmann, University of Chicago.)

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