Abstract |
We report 7 patients with chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy ( CIDP) who showed significant clinical improvement by plasma exchange (PE). Their clinical features were extensively varied but fulfilled the diagnostic criteria for CIDP. The patients could be divided into 2 subgroups based on the mode of effectiveness of PE; one group consisted of those who once achieved complete remission, but required highly frequent PEs for long-term maintenance of remission and the others were those who showed persistent and complete remission with several sessions of PE alone. These findings raise issues about the long-term therapeutic goals to be achieved by PE for CIDP patients, particularly on supportive therapy other than PE, as well as the optimization of frequency and duration of PE.
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Authors | K Kumazawa, G Sobue, K Yamamoto, M Kitano, S Nakamura, K Kato, T Mitsuma |
Journal | Internal medicine (Tokyo, Japan)
(Intern Med)
Vol. 34
Issue 6
Pg. 537-41
(Jun 1995)
ISSN: 0918-2918 [Print] Japan |
PMID | 7549138
(Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article)
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Topics |
- Adult
- Chronic Disease
- Demyelinating Diseases
(complications, therapy)
- Female
- Humans
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Plasma Exchange
(methods)
- Polyradiculoneuropathy
(complications, therapy)
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