Clinical features of patients with isolated F wave absence
| Patient No | Age/sex | Antecedent infection | Cranial palsy | Sensory loss | Clinical disability3-150 | Treatment | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peak | 1M | 3M | |||||||||||
| 1 | 38/F | URI | Facial | No | 3 | 1 | 1 | PP | |||||
| 2 | 27/M | URI | Facial | No | 3 | 1 | 1 | IVIg | |||||
| 3 | 27/M | None | No | 2 | 1 | 1 | PP | ||||||
| 4 | 47/M | URI | Ocular, bulbar | No | 3 | 2 | 1 | PP | |||||
| 5 | 24/F | URI | Ocular | No | 3 | 1 | 1 | IVIg | |||||
| 6 | 18/M | URI | Ocular, bulbar | No | 3 | 1 | 0 | PP | |||||
| 7 | 51/F | URI | No | 4 | 3 | 2 | IVIg | ||||||
| 8 | 28/M | Enteritis | Facial | No | 2 | 2 | 2 | PP | |||||
| 9 | 3/F | URI | No | 4 | 3 | 2 | IVIg | ||||||
| 10 | 46/F | URI | Ocular, bulbar | No | 5 | 4 | 3 | IVIg | |||||
| 11 | 39/F | URI | Facial | No | 4 | 2 | 2 | PP | |||||
| 12 | 27/F | URI | No | 1 | 1 | None | |||||||
URI=upper respiratory tract infection;
↵3-150 Hughes functional grading scale (5=assist respiration; 4=bed bound; 3=able to walk 5 m with aids; 2=able to walk 5 m independently; 1=able to run; 0=normal); PP=plasmapheresis; IVIg=intravenous immunoglobulin therapy.