Recent acquisitions in the treatment of chronic immune-mediated polyneuropathies
Léger, J-M.; Viala, K.
Revue Neurologique (Paris) 160(2): 205-210
2004
ISSN/ISBN: 0035-3787 PMID: 15034478 Document Number: 580622
Chronic immune-mediated polyneuropathies encompass chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathies, polyneuropathies associated with monoclonal gammopathy and multifocal motor neuropathy with persistent conduction blocks. Their diagnosis is made on clinical, electrophysiological and sometimes immunochemical and pathological criteria. The efficacy of intravenous immunoglobulins has been reported in the short-term treatment of these neuropathies in the same way than corticosteroids and plasma exchanges, depending on the type of the polyneuropathy. The efficacy of long-term treatments needs further evaluation.