Neurology · 1985 · 223 citations · 0 references
Twenty-seven PatientsRheumatologyAnti-inflammatoryChronic Inflammatory-demyelinating PolyradiculoneuropathyAutoimmune DiseaseMedicineNeuropathic PainChronic Inflammatory‐demyelinating PolyneuropathyTreatment SchedulesPharmacotherapyNeurologyMultiple SclerosisNeuropathologyNeuroimmunologyInflammatory ArthritisRheumatoid Arthritis
Twenty-seven patients with static or worsening chronic inflammatory-demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy were randomly assigned to alternate day decremental prednisone therapy alone or with azathioprine (2 mg/kg) for 9 months. No statistically significant alterations were demonstrated between these treatment schedules.