title: Treatment of chronic relapsing inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy by cyclosporin A and plasma exchange. A case report.
abstract: A patient with chronic relapsing inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy was successfully treated with plasma exchanges and cyclosporin A (CsA). Dynamometric measurements of hand force during the time of CsA treatment showed a highly significant correlation between hand force and CsA blood levels. The largest influence of CsA on hand force occurred 11-13 days after CsA uptake.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, University of Düsseldorf, Federal Republic of Germany.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Hefter
authors.forename: K B
authors.initials: KB
authors.lastname: Sprenger
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Arendt
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Hafner
mesh_terms: D002908:Chronic Disease; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D003524:Cyclosporins / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D003711:Demyelinating Diseases / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010951:Plasma Exchange; D011115:Polyneuropathies / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000628:therapy*; D012008:Recurrence
chemical_list: D003524:Cyclosporins