Association of Prognostic Factors and Immunosuppressive Treatment With Long-term Outcomes in Neurosarcoidosis.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Prognostic factors are lacking in neurosarcoidosis (NS), and the association of immunosuppressive treatments with outcomes are unclear.

Objectives

To identify prognostic factors of and analyze the association of immunosuppressive treatment with relapse of NS.

Design, setting, and participants

In this retrospective study, a cohort of 234 patients fulfilled the diagnostic criteria for NS in a tertiary referral center in Paris, France, from January 1, 1990, through December 31, 2015. The median follow-up was 8 years (range, 2 months to 23 years).

Main outcomes and measures

All neurologic and extraneurologic data and treatments were analyzed. Functional outcomes measured by the absolute value and the variation from baseline of the Expanded Disability Sta

SUBMITTER: Joubert B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5710577 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature