Therapeutic options for chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy: a systematic review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy is a rare acquired immune-mediated progressive or relapsing disorder causing peripheral neuropathic disease of duration more than two months. Many individuals with chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy fail to make a long-term recovery with current treatment regimes. The aim of this study was to prospectively review the literature to determine the effectiveness of therapies for chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy.

Methods

Articles published from January 1990 to December 2012 were searched for studies to treat adults with chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy. Peer-reviewed full-text articles published in English were included.

Results

Nine

SUBMITTER: Bright RJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3925253 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature