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Report of Two Cases Treated with Cortisone and Corticotropin

H. J. ROBERTS, M.D.

AMA Arch Intern Med. 1956;97(5):618-626.

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THE SUCCESSFUL treatment of acute polyneuritis due to various known diseases and of the acute polyneuritis of unknown etiology, known as the Guillain-Barré syndrome, has been effectively enhanced by the use of cortisone and corticotropin. The use of these agents has resulted in dramatic and life-saving improvement, but it is still somewhat controversial. Some feel that their prolonged use may break through important antibacterial and antiviral immunologic defenses. The therapeutic problem is further increased when the etiology is obscure. This is particularly so if one is confronted with such a symptom-complex, with or without bulbar involvement, during the poliomyelitis season, when the latter cannot be definitely ruled out—even in the presence of an acellular spinal fluid.

I have recently encountered two patients with a diphtheritic or pseudodiphtheritic polyneuritis in whom the hormones were employed, primarily because of their progressively deteriorating states. Since I have been unable to find any pertinent . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

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West Palm Beach, Fla.

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Submitted for publication Oct. 4, 1955.

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