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Internal Medicine • Rheumatology • Vasculitis • Neurology • Mononeuritis multiplex • Immune-mediated neuropathy • Neuromuscular
How do you monitor response to treatment in patients with mononeuritis multiplex secondary to vasculitis?
Given the slow recovery of nerve damage, what would you expect to see on a repeat EMG after treatment? Continued denervation or just sequelae of past disease?
Answer from: at Community Practice
As the reinnervation process is slow (nerve regrowth speed estimated at 1mm/day), clinically discernible neurological improvement in vasculitic neuropathy may not be observed until weeks to months later. In addition, the full spectrum of electrophysiological abnormalities may not be seen until a few...
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