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- 2019
Treatment Patterns and Costs of Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyneuropathy: A Claims Database AnalysisKeywords: chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy, CIDP, economic burden, healthcare costs, intravenous immunoglobulin, IVIG, plasma exchanges, steroids, treatment patterns Abstract: Corticosteroids, plasma exchange, and intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG) have been standard-of-care treatments for chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy (CIDP) for more than 2 decades. Despite guideline recommendations for best clinical practices, heterogeneity in patient presentation and the course of treatment for CIDP remains. There is limited literature regarding the real-world treatment patterns of and costs associated with CIDP
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