Treatment of acute pandysautonomia with intravenous immunoglobulin.

Mericle, R A; Triggs, W J · J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry · 1997

case_report · Level V

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Abstract

Acute pandysautonomia has been suggested to be an uncommon variant of Guillain-Barre syndrome. Acute pandysautonomia does not seem to have been treated with intravenous immunoglobulin or other therapies proved efficacious in Guillain-Barre syndrome. A patient is reported with severe acute pandysautonomia who responded dramatically to intravenous immunoglobulin. The findings are consistent with a dysimmune pathogenesis for this syndrome and suggest a possible treatment for future cases.

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