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Case Reports
. 1980 Jul;30(7 Pt 2):33-6.
doi: 10.1212/wnl.30.7_part_2.33.

Possible beneficial effect of high-dose intravenous steroid therapy in acute demyelinating disease and transverse myelitis

P C Dowling, V V Bosch, S D Cook
Case Reports

Possible beneficial effect of high-dose intravenous steroid therapy in acute demyelinating disease and transverse myelitis

P C Dowling et al. Neurology. 1980 Jul.

Abstract

Intravenous steroid followed by oral prednisone was administered to patients with Guillain-Barré syndrome (five), acute transverse myelitis (three), and multiple sclerosis in acute relapse (seven). Preliminary experience with each of these disorders revealed prompt clinical improvement in some patients. The approach used in this uncontrolled study deserves further investigation.

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