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The sural nerve of a woman of 35 with chronic polyneuropathy and Adie's syndrome was examined by electron microscopy. Myelinated nerve fibres were absent and there was marked reduction in the number of unmyelinated fibres. Onion bulb formation was not observed. Collagen fibres occupied the intercellular spaces.
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Miyakawa, T., Sumiyoshi, S., Murayama, E. et al. Ultrastructure of the sural nerve in chronic polyneuropathy associated with Adie's syndrome. Acta Neuropathol 29, 181–186 (1974). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00684776
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