Severe Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyneuropathy Ameliorated following High-dose (3 g/kg) Intravenous Immunoglobulin Therapy

We report the case of a 53-year-old woman with severe chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy (CIDP) who developed progressive tetraplegia with respiratory failure despite receiving a standard dose of intravenous immunoglobulin therapy (IVIg), steroid pulse therapy, plasma exchange, and cy...

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Autores principales: Seino, Yusuke, Nakamura, Takumi, Hirohata, Mie, Kawarabayashi, Takeshi, Okushima, Toshimi, Shoji, Mikio
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Japanese Society of Internal Medicine 2018
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6465009/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30449785
http://dx.doi.org/10.2169/internalmedicine.1723-18

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6465009/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30449785
http://dx.doi.org/10.2169/internalmedicine.1723-18

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