•CIDP, a rare neurological disorder in which there is inflammation of nerve roots and peripheral nerves and destruction of the fatty protective covering (myelin sheath) of the nerve fibers

•CIDP presents with multifocal inflammation and demyelinating lesions of the proximal peripheral nervous system

•Treatment Options: Glucocorticoids, IV Immunoglobulins, Plasma exchanges

•Number of patients: 40’000 patients (approximately) affected in the United States; incidence of 0.7 to 1.6 cases per 100,000 persons per year

•From a pathological and clinical standpoint, CIDP has numerous analogies with MS: one observes also progressive and relapsing forms of CIDP