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Treatment of Subacute Polyneuritis with Corticosteroids

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 September 2015

M. J. Newman  and
N. Nelson
M. J. Newman*
Affiliation:
Manitoba Rehabilitation Hospital and the Departments of Medicine and Medical Statistics of the University of Manitoba
N. Nelson
Affiliation:
Manitoba Rehabilitation Hospital and the Departments of Medicine and Medical Statistics of the University of Manitoba
*
Department of Medicine, University of Manitoba, 753 McDermot Avenue, Winnipeg R3E 0T5 Canada.
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A study of the course of 17 patients with subacute polyneuritis was undertaken. Ten were given corticosteroids. Assessment of time of turnaround, that is the beginning of clinical improvement, showed that some patients responded promptly to steroids whereas a few did not. A comparison of turnaround times between the treated and untreated cases shows a statistically significant effect of steroids in hastening the onset of recovery. This is not due to bias in selection of those for steroid treatment.

Type
Research Article
Information
Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences , Volume 1 , Issue 3 , August 1974 , pp. 180 - 184
Copyright
Copyright © Canadian Neurological Sciences Federation 1974

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