TREATMENT OF DEMYELINATING POLYNEUROPATHI ES OF DIFFERENT GENESIS BY SMALL DOSES OF IMMUNOGLOBULIN

Authors
POPOVA LM AVDYUNINA IA
Citation
Lm. Popova et Ia. Avdyunina, TREATMENT OF DEMYELINATING POLYNEUROPATHI ES OF DIFFERENT GENESIS BY SMALL DOSES OF IMMUNOGLOBULIN, Zurnal nevropatologii i psihiatrii im. S.S. Korsakova, 97(5), 1997, pp. 27-29
Citations number
17
Categorie Soggetti
Psychiatry,Pathology,"Clinical Neurology
Journal title
Zurnal nevropatologii i psihiatrii im. S.S. Korsakova → ACNP
ISSN journal
00444588
Volume
97
Issue
5
Year of publication
1997
Pages
27 - 29
Database
ISI
SICI code
0044-4588(1997)97:5<27:TODPEO>2.0.ZU;2-O
Abstract
Application of small doses of IgG-Sandoglobulin (0,16 to 0,98 g per kg of body weight) was quite effective in 2 patients with Guillain-Barre syndrome and in 2 cases of diphtheric polyneuropathy. These patients had a severe form of the disease with disorders of essential functions . An intermittent course of the disease in one case of IgG treatment w as observed, Meanwhile preparation was uneffective in 2 patients with chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy caused by lymphoprol iferating process. it is worth while to accumulate experience to defin e optimal doses of the drug.