| Full recovery | Improvement | Limited improvement | Sum |
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oral PSL | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
mPSL | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
mPSL + oral PSL | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
mPSL + oral PSL + IS | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
mPSL + IVIg | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
IVIg + IS | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Sum | 4 | 4 | 5 | 13 |
- Improvement: patients started to walk without support and looked after their own affairs without help. Limited recovery: Unaided walking was still impossible.
- These data were based on published studies by Matsunaga et al. [58] and personal communication with the authors.
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mPSL intravenous methylprednisolone, oral PSL oral prednisolone, IVIg intravenous immunoglobulins, IS immunosuppressants