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Effective treatment for neuralgic amyotrophy (NA), a disabling brachial plexus syndrome of supposed immunomediated origin, is currently lacking. Given the circumstantial evidence of a beneficial effect of prednisolone on pain and paresis, this report evaluates the effects of prednisolone treatment administered in the acute phase in a retrospective case series of 50 NA patients.
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Department of Neurology, Neuromuscular Centre Nijmegen, Donders Centre for Neuroscience, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, Nijmegen, The Netherlands. j.vaneijk@neuro.umcn.nl
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