We conducted a systematic literature review on psychological and behavioral comorbidities in patients with inflammatory neuropathies. In Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS), psychotic symptoms are reported during early stages in 30% of patients. Typical associations include mechanical ventilation, autonomic dysfunction, inability to communicate, and severe weakness. Anxiety and depression are frequen...

Background: Intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG) is effective as standard first line therapy for chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy (CIDP), but some patients remain dependent on its long-term use. Recently, we have reported that autologous non-myeloablative hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) an second CIDP. Objectives: To compare the cost of IVIG vs. HSCT (a one-...

Therapeutic plasma exchange (TPE) is a well-established therapeutic procedure commonly used in many neurologic immune-mediated disorders. It is thought that the beneficial effects of TPE occur through elimination of pathognomonic autoantibodies, immune complexes, inflammatory mediators, complement components and cytokines, which play a crucial role in many kinds of neurologic autoimmune disease...

Article history: Received 17 March 2016 Accepted 17 March 2016 Available online 19 March 2016 specified subtype. Nearly half received immunoglobulins, one in sixwas on immunosuppressants and over a quarter, were untreated, although their disease activity status was not specified. Mean disease duration was 7 years with however, a very wide range of 9 weeks up to 42 years. MSRV-Env expressions we...