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Reversible Encephalopathy with Cerebral Vasospasm in a Guillain-Barre Syndrome Patient Treated with Intravenous Immunoglobulin Neurol 46:250-251, Voltz,R.,et al, 1996 See this aricle in Pubmed Article Abstract We report a patient with reversible multifocal encephalopathy that developed 3 days after completion of treatment with intravenous immunoglobulin for Guillain-Barre syndrome.Magnetic resonance imaging showed reversible bioccipital white matter changes,and transcranial Doppler demonstrated transiently increased flow rates in all major cerebral arteries.We concluded that intravenous immunoglobulin therapy caused cerebral arterial vasospasm and a reversible encephalopathy.

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