title: Treatment of acute pandysautonomia with intravenous immunoglobulin.
abstract: Acute pandysautonomia has been suggested to be an uncommon variant of Guillain-Barre syndrome. Acute pandysautonomia does not seem to have been treated with intravenous immunoglobulin or other therapies proved efficacious in Guillain-Barre syndrome. A patient is reported with severe acute pandysautonomia who responded dramatically to intravenous immunoglobulin. The findings are consistent with a dysimmune pathogenesis for this syndrome and suggest a possible treatment for future cases.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, University of Florida Health Science Center, Gainesville 32610-0236, USA.
authors.forename: R A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Mericle
authors.forename: W J
authors.initials: WJ
authors.lastname: Triggs
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001342:Autonomic Nervous System Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016756:Immunoglobulins, Intravenous / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D011129:Polyradiculoneuropathy / Q000175:diagnosis
chemical_list: D016756:Immunoglobulins, Intravenous