Relapsing corticosteroid-dependent polyneuritis.
Three patients are described with chronic polyneuritis of unknown cause in whom a state of corticosteroid dependence developed. A fatal relapse occurred in one patient. No clinical, electrophysiological, or pathological features were found from which it would have been possible to predict this form of response to treatment.
D000324:Adrenocorticotropic Hormone / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001917:Brachial Plexus / Q000473:pathology; D002908:Chronic Disease; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009431:Neural Conduction; D011115:Polyneuropathies / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology; D011239:Prednisolone / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders; D014459:Ulnar Nerve / Q000503:physiopathology
D000324:Adrenocorticotropic Hormone; D011239:Prednisolone