dictionary help| onion bulb neuropathy | medical dictionary |
Designation for any of several demyelinating polyneuropathies in which the nerves are enlarged, due to onion bulb formation-whorls of overlapping Schwann cell processes encircling bare medullated axons, e.g., progressive hypertrophic polyneuropathy.
See: hypertrophic interstitial neuropathy.
(05 Mar 2000)
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