PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - R A Mericle
AU  - W J Triggs
TI  - Treatment of acute pandysautonomia with intravenous immunoglobulin.
AID  - 10.1136/jnnp.62.5.529
DP  - 1997 May 01
TA  - Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry
PG  - 529--531
VI  - 62
IP  - 5
4099  - http://jnnp.bmj.com/content/62/5/529.short
4100  - http://jnnp.bmj.com/content/62/5/529.full
SO  - J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry1997 May 01; 62
AB  - 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.