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. 1997 May;62(5):529–531. doi: 10.1136/jnnp.62.5.529

Treatment of acute pandysautonomia with intravenous immunoglobulin.

R A Mericle 1, W J Triggs 1
PMCID: PMC486878  PMID: 9153616

Abstract

Acute pandysautonomia has been suggested to be an uncommon variant of Guillain-Barre syndrome. Acute pandysautonomia does not seem to have been treated with intravenous immunoglobulin or other therapies proved efficacious in Guillain-Barre syndrome. A patient is reported with severe acute pandysautonomia who responded dramatically to intravenous immunoglobulin. The findings are consistent with a dysimmune pathogenesis for this syndrome and suggest a possible treatment for future cases.

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