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A patient with chronic relapsing inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy was successfully treated with plasma exchanges and cyclosporin A (CsA). Dynamometric measurements of hand force during the time of CsA treatment showed a highly significant correlation between hand force and CsA blood levels. The largest influence of CsA on hand force occurred 11–13 days after CsA uptake.
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Hefter, H., Sprenger, K.B.G., Arendt, G. et al. Treatment of chronic relapsing inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy by cyclosporin A and plasma exchange. J Neurol 237, 320–323 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00314752
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