Pulse‐steroid therapy in a 37‐year‐old man with acute motor and sensory axonal neuropathy: A case report
Key Clinical Message We report a case of 37‐year‐old man admitted with acute motor and sensory axonal neuropathy (AMSAN) which was treated with pulse‐steroid therapy after the plasmapheresis and intravascular immunoglobulin. The improvement of the symptoms of AMSAN after pulse‐steroid therapy may re...
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| author | Renad AlMohammedi Samah AlJohani Majid Bakheet |
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| description | Key Clinical Message We report a case of 37‐year‐old man admitted with acute motor and sensory axonal neuropathy (AMSAN) which was treated with pulse‐steroid therapy after the plasmapheresis and intravascular immunoglobulin. The improvement of the symptoms of AMSAN after pulse‐steroid therapy may represent a therapeutic alternative for this variant of Guillain‐Barré syndrome. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-f210b1e5a84b4d8d929a3f5ee21eb8a22022-12-21T23:19:29ZengWileyClinical Case Reports2050-09042019-03-017350650810.1002/ccr3.2000Pulse‐steroid therapy in a 37‐year‐old man with acute motor and sensory axonal neuropathy: A case reportRenad AlMohammedi0Samah AlJohani1Majid Bakheet2College of Medicine, King Abdullah International Medical Center/King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences Riyadh Saudi ArabiaCollege of Medicine, Taibah University AlMadinah Saudi ArabiaDepartment of Neurology, King Abdullah Medical City Makkah Saudi ArabiaKey Clinical Message We report a case of 37‐year‐old man admitted with acute motor and sensory axonal neuropathy (AMSAN) which was treated with pulse‐steroid therapy after the plasmapheresis and intravascular immunoglobulin. The improvement of the symptoms of AMSAN after pulse‐steroid therapy may represent a therapeutic alternative for this variant of Guillain‐Barré syndrome.https://doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.2000acute motor and sensory axonal neuropathyGuillain‐Barré syndromeperipheral neuropathypulse‐steroid therapy |
| spellingShingle | Renad AlMohammedi Samah AlJohani Majid Bakheet Pulse‐steroid therapy in a 37‐year‐old man with acute motor and sensory axonal neuropathy: A case report Clinical Case Reports acute motor and sensory axonal neuropathy Guillain‐Barré syndrome peripheral neuropathy pulse‐steroid therapy |
| title | Pulse‐steroid therapy in a 37‐year‐old man with acute motor and sensory axonal neuropathy: A case report |
| title_full | Pulse‐steroid therapy in a 37‐year‐old man with acute motor and sensory axonal neuropathy: A case report |
| title_fullStr | Pulse‐steroid therapy in a 37‐year‐old man with acute motor and sensory axonal neuropathy: A case report |
| title_full_unstemmed | Pulse‐steroid therapy in a 37‐year‐old man with acute motor and sensory axonal neuropathy: A case report |
| title_short | Pulse‐steroid therapy in a 37‐year‐old man with acute motor and sensory axonal neuropathy: A case report |
| title_sort | pulse steroid therapy in a 37 year old man with acute motor and sensory axonal neuropathy a case report |
| topic | acute motor and sensory axonal neuropathy Guillain‐Barré syndrome peripheral neuropathy pulse‐steroid therapy |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.2000 |
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