title: Efficacy of intravenous immunoglobulin in multifocal motor neuropathy.
abstract: Multifocal motor neuropathy is a distinct entity, whose treatment differs from that of other chronic immune-mediated neuropathies, mainly chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy, and its variant, multifocal acquired demyelinating sensory and motor neuropathy, although they share some electrophysiological characteristics. From the first descriptions, intravenous immunoglobulins (IVIg) have been considered to be the gold standard of treatment for multifocal motor neuropathy. However, if the effectiveness of IVIg has been confirmed by several randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trials, only a few patients experience persistent improvement after a single or few courses of therapy, and the long-term efficacy of IVIg in this disease is currently debated. Consequently, there is a need for new therapeutic strategies that focus on the effects and the costs of this therapy over long-term follow-up.
authors.affiliation: Reference Center for Neuromuscular Diseases, Bâtiment Babinski, Hôpital de la Salpêtrière, 47 boulevard de l'Hôpital, 75651 Paris cedex 13, France. jean-marc.leger@psl.aphp.fr
authors.forename: Jean-Marc
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Leger
authors.forename: Steven
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Vargas
authors.forename: Isabelle
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Lievens
mesh_terms: D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic; D006801:Humans; D016756:Immunoglobulins, Intravenous / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D007167:Immunotherapy; D011115:Polyneuropathies / Q000276:immunology* / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy*; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D016756:Immunoglobulins, Intravenous