Peripheral neuropathy with tremor
Written and reviewed by Dr Ibrahim Imam, Consultant Neurologist. Last reviewed .
Peripheral neuropathy with tremor. IgM paraproteinaemic neuropathies, Multifocal motor neuropathy (MMN). Fully referenced neurology checklist.
Acquired causes
- IgM paraproteinaemic neuropathies
- Multifocal motor neuropathy (MMN)
- Chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy (CIDP)
Hereditary causes
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Synonym
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References
- Saifee TA, Schwingenschuh P, Reilly MM, et al. Tremor in inflammatory neuropathies. JNNP 2013; 84:1282-1287.
- Morini A, Malaguti MC, Marangoni S, Espay AJ. Neuropathic tremor in chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy: the acquired equivalent of the Roussy-Levy Syndrome. Mov Disord Clin Pract 2015; 3:173-175.
- Silsby M, Fois AF, Yiannikas C, Ng K, Kiernan MC, Fung VSC, Vucic S. Chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy-associated tremor: Phenotype and pathogenesis. Eur J Neurol 2023; 30:1059-1068.
- Bailly L, Mongin M, Delorme C, Apartis E, Saheb S, Viala K, Roze E. Tremor associated with chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy and anti-neurofascin-155 antibodies. Tremor Other Hyperkinet Mov (N Y) 2018; 8:606.
- Auer-Grumbach M, Strasser-Fuchs S, Wagner K, Körner E, Fazekas F. Roussy-Lévy syndrome is a phenotypic variant of Charcot-Marie-Tooth syndrome IA associated with a duplication on chromosome 17p11.2. J Neurol Sci 1998; 154:72-75.
