Combined azathioprine and prednisone in chronic inflammatory-demyelinating polyneuropathy.
Twenty-seven patients with static or worsening chronic inflammatory-demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy were randomly assigned to alternate day decremental prednisone therapy alone or with azathioprine (2 mg/kg) for 9 months. No statistically significant alterations were demonstrated between these treatment schedules.
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001379:Azathioprine / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D003711:Demyelinating Diseases / Q000188:drug therapy*; D004338:Drug Combinations; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009422:Nervous System Diseases / Q000188:drug therapy*; D009443:Neuritis / Q000188:drug therapy*; D011241:Prednisone / Q000627:therapeutic use*
D004338:Drug Combinations; D001379:Azathioprine; D011241:Prednisone