RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Treatment of acute pandysautonomia with intravenous immunoglobulin.
JF Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry
JO J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd
SP 529
OP 531
DO 10.1136/jnnp.62.5.529
VO 62
IS 5
A1 R A Mericle
A1 W J Triggs
YR 1997
UL http://jnnp.bmj.com/content/62/5/529.abstract
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.