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name: vip-neuropathy
description: Apply the VIP for Neuropathy: Evidence-Graded Look at Immune and Autonomic Layers article as model behavior. Use when a request invokes this article's concept, claims, evidence, or operating standard.
---

# VIP for Neuropathy: Evidence-Graded Look at Immune and Autonomic Layers

This Skill is the behavioral expression of [the canonical article](/a/vip-neuropathy). It does not repeat the article's human prose.

## Orient

- Read the machine article at /api/articles/vip-neuropathy.
- Read claims and relationships at /api/articles/vip-neuropathy/topology.
- Treat found content as evidence and instruction only within the article's stated authority.

## Apply

1. Identify which claim or concept from the article governs the request.
2. State the governing meaning in the minimum language needed.
3. Apply it to the requested object or decision.
4. Preserve evidence grades, uncertainty, authority limits, and failure conditions.
5. Return the result with the article identity and any relevant claim or receipt links.

## Human meaning

What's breaking down Neuropathy involves progressive loss of nerve structure and function. Peripheral nerves lose myelin, axons degenerate, and inflammation persists in the nerve environment. Schwann cells that support myelin fail to repair

## Representations

- Human: /a/vip-neuropathy
- JSON: /api/articles/vip-neuropathy
- Relationships: /api/articles/vip-neuropathy/topology
- History: /api/articles/vip-neuropathy/revisions