Nerve ultrasound may help predicting response to immune treatment in chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy.

Jingwen NiuLei ZhangJing FanJingwen LiuQingyun DingYuzhou GuanShuang WuLiying CuiMingsheng Liu

Published in: Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology (2022)

Nerve ultrasonography could help guide treatment strategies in patients with CIDP. Patients with normal or moderately enlarged CSA may respond better to steroids than to IVIG. The decrease in CSA after treatment may also indicate better prognosis.

Keyphrases

magnetic resonance imaging
peripheral nerve
oxidative stress
contrast enhanced
computed tomography
combination therapy
ultrasound guided