Progress in diagnosis and treatment of chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy
Published in The Lancet, May 7, 2019 Co-authored by Carina Bunschoten, Bart C Jacobs, Peter U K Van den Bergh, David R. Cornblath, Pieter A van Doorn
To All Those With Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyneuropathy
Recently, one of the physicians on the GBS/CIDP Foundation Medical Advisory Board saw a man who carried the diagnosis of CIDP for 2 years. During that time, he received IVIg monthly for 18 months then plasmapheresis monthly for five months without any clinical improvement. He went to a GBS/CIDP Foundation Center of Excellence where it…