In this issue of Neurologic Clinics, guest editors Drs. Richard J. Barohn and Mazen M. Dimachkie bring their considerable expertise to the topic of Peripheral Neuropathies. Top experts discuss a pattern-recognition approach to neuropathy and neuronopathy; laboratory evaluation of peripheral neuropathy; entrapment neuropathies; cryptogenic sensory polyneuropathy and metabolic syndrome; and more.

• Contains 15 relevant, practice-oriented topics including two articles on diabetic neuropathy; nutritional neuropathies; Guillain-Barre syndrome and variants; inherited peripheral neuropathies; treatment of painful peripheral neuropathy; and more
• Provides in-depth clinical reviews on peripheral neuropathies, offering actionable insights for clinical practice
• Presents the latest information on this timely, focused topic under the leadership of experienced editors in the field. Authors synthesize and distill the latest research and practice guidelines to create clinically significant, topic-based reviews

Peripheral Neuropathy is a neurologic disorder characterized by damage to the peripheral nervous system, the part of the nervous system outside the central nervous system that connects it to all parts of the body. Over 100 forms of peripheral neuropathy have been identified. This issue of Neurologic Clinics features 12 articles about this disease that are of most interest to the clinician. Articles include: Diabetic Neuropathy; GBS and Variants; CIDP and Symmetrical Variants; Laboratory Evaluation of Peripheral Neuropathy; Treatment of Painful Peripheral Neuropathy;Cryptogenic Sensory Polyneuropathy; Vasculitic Neuropathy; Hereditary Neuropathy; Entrapment Neuropathy; Multifocal Motor Neuropathy and Multifocal Acquired Demyelinating Sensory and Motor Neuropathy; Nutritional Neuropathies.