Abstract:
:A placebo or methylprednisolone (45-60 mg/M2) was administered in a crossover study as a single morning dose on alternate days to fourteen patients who had a familial progressive polyneuropathy that either began or was maximum in the distribution of the peroneal nerves. Neither the patients nor the examining physician were told whether the patient was taking a placebo or steroid but the steroid side-effects made a double-blind trial impossible. Patients were evaluated at the initiation of the study, the time of crossover, and at the conclusion of the study. Five patients with proven HMSN-I completed the study; eight patients with HMSN-I were placed on a placebo or on steroids for a six-month-period. In neither group was there any evidence of a significant increase in nerve conduction times, a decrease in terminal latencies, an increase in strength or a decrease in sensory loss when evaluated by quantitative methods. These patients were subject to a high incidence of complications from steroids possibly because of root hypertrophy, relative inactivity, and high CSF proteins. These included excessive weight gain, a compression fracture of T-12; cord compression from enlarged nerve roots; myopathy; pseudotumor; and psychiatric disturbances. Considering the lack of benefit of steroids and the high incidence of complications due to the medication further trials of adrenal-corticosteroids in patients who definitely have familial HMSN-I do not seem to be justified.
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Neuropediatricsjournal_title
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Prensky AL,Dodson WEdoi
10.1055/s-2008-1052367subject
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1984-10-01 00:00:00pages
203-7issue
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0174-304Xissn
1439-1899journal_volume
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