Correlation of electrodiagnosis with response to treatment and clinical course
| Electrodiagnosis | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A: distal (n=10) (%) | B: intermediate (n=13) (%) | C: diffuse (n=15) (%) | p Value | |
| *Column A v column B; †column A v column C; ‡column B v column C. | ||||
| Response to treatment: | ||||
| Corticosteroid | 7/7 (100) | 3/9 (33) | 7/14 (50) | 0.01*, 0.03† |
| Plasmapheresis | 2/2 (100) | 1/4 (25) | 4/7 (57) | NS |
| Immunoglobulin | 1/1 (100) | 4/4 (100) | 4/4 (100) | NS |
| Course: | ||||
| Monophasic | 8 (80) | 0 (0) | 6 (40) | 0.00009* |
| Relapsing | 2 (20) | 5 (38) | 9 (60) | NS |
| Chronic | 0 (0) | 8 (62) | 0 (0) | 0.003*, 0.0006‡ |