Researchers observed that those with multifocal, distal, and sensory CIDP

In January 2024, a study recently published in the European Journal of Neurology on the 2021 European Academy of Neurology/Peripheral Nerve Society (EAN/PNS) guidelines for CIDP showed that the criteria provided a better characterization of CIDP variants, allowing their distinction from typical CIDP and more appropriate treatments for patients.2 According to the clinical criteria from the 2021 EAN/PNS guidelines, 245 patients were diagnosed with typical CIDP or a CIDP variant (66%). Investigators identified 106 patients with typical CIDP (29%), 62 distal CIDP (17%), 28 multifocal or focal CIDP (7%), 4 sensory CIDP (1%), 27 sensory-predominant CIDP (7%), 10 motor CIDP (3%), and 8 motor-predominant CIDP (2%).