Gammaglobulin therapy in a case of chronic relapsing dysimmune polyneuropathy.
A boy with chronic relapsing dysimmune polyneuropathy was treated with intravenous gammaglobulin injections for the fourth and fifth episodes, and showed rapid clinical improvement compared with in the three previous episodes, when he was treated by high dose steroid administration.
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Department of Child Development, Kumamoto University Medical School, Japan.
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Miike
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D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D007116:Immunization, Passive; D007143:Immunoglobulin Heavy Chains / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D007142:Immunoglobulin gamma-Chains / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D007275:Injections, Intravenous; D008297:Male; D009422:Nervous System Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000276:immunology* / Q000503:physiopathology
D007143:Immunoglobulin Heavy Chains; D007142:Immunoglobulin gamma-Chains