Subacute Demyelinating Polyneuropathy Responding to Corticosteroid Treatment
- 1 August 1978
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Medical Association (AMA) in Archives of Neurology
- Vol. 35 (8) , 509-516
- https://doi.org/10.1001/archneur.1978.00500320029007
Abstract
• Ten patients with subacute demyelinating neuropathy responded satisfactorily to corticosteroid treatment. The most prominent features in these cases were (1) subacute progression of diffuse polyneuropathy over weeks and months, (2) high spinal fluid protein level, (3) marked nerve conduction abnormalities, and (4) high rate of relapse. The sural nerve biopsy specimen showed "demyelinating neuropathy." This subacute demyelination neuropathy appears to be a distinct and clinically identifiable entity in which corticosteroid treatment is indicated.Keywords
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