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Treatment of Experimental Allergic Neuritis With Prednisolone

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 September 2015

T.E. Feasby ,
J.J. Gilbert ,
A.F. Hahn  and
D.S. Lovgren
J.J. Gilbert
Affiliation:
Department of Clinical Neurological Sciences and the Department of Pathology, University of Western Ontario, London
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Experimental allergic neuritis (EAN) in Lewis rats was treated with prednisolone given prophylactically or therapeutically. Rats treated from the time of immunization with myelin or after the establishment of clinical disease improved more rapidly than controls. Treatment at the onset of clinical signs resulted in less severe disease and more rapid recovery. Rats treated just prior to the onset of clinical signs (day 10) did not develop significant clinical disease and appeared to have less inflammation in their nerves and nerve roots on microscopic examination.

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Original Articles
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Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences , Volume 14 , Issue 1 , February 1987 , pp. 46 - 49
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Copyright © Canadian Neurological Sciences Federation 1987

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