Corticosteroid-responsive dominantly inherited neuropathy in childhood.
We describe three children with corticosteroid-responsive inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy from families with dominantly inherited neuropathy. There were atypical clinical, electrophysiologic, and pathologic characteristics that suggested a coexistent inflammatory demyelinating neuropathy and that should alert the clinician to the possibility of an associated acquired, potentially treatable disorder.
Bird
S J
SJ
Department of Neurology, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia.
Sladky
J T
JT
D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003711:Demyelinating Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000235:genetics*; D004568:Electrodiagnosis; D005260:Female; D005799:Genes, Dominant; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010523:Peripheral Nervous System Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000235:genetics*; D011241:Prednisone / Q000627:therapeutic use*
D011241:Prednisone