EFFECTIVENESS OF STEROID TREATMENT IN MYASTHENIA-GRAVIS - A RETROSPECTIVE STUDY

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作者
COSI, V
CITTERIO, A
LOMBARDI, M
PICCOLO, G
ROMANI, A
ERBETTA, A
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ACTA NEUROLOGICA SCANDINAVICA | 1991年 / 84卷 / 01期
关键词
MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; STEROID TREATMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;
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10.1111/j.1600-0404.1991.tb04899.x
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R74 [神经病学与精神病学];
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The records of 142 patients with generalized autoimmune myasthenia gravis who had been treated with steroids as the single immunosuppressive agent, collected at regular intervals, were employed for a retrospective evaluation. The effectiveness of treatment was assessed after 24 months; the data from the 6th and 12th months were also considered. After 24 months, 63.4% of the whole sample had improved (33.8% were in clinical or pharmacological remission); 13.4% were unchanged or had worsened and 22.3% had moved to a different immunosuppressive treatment. The rate of positive outcome was higher in patients over the age of 40 at disease onset.
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