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The most common peripheral nervous system manifestations in Sjogren’s syndrome are small fiber sensory neuropathies (SFPN) and axonal sensorimotor polyneuropathies. Currently, treatment in small fiber neuropathy is mainly symptomatic and based on anti-depressors and anti-epileptics. The benefit of treatment with polyvalent immunoglobulins for SFPN has been reported in small series of patients, although transient in several cases. The medium-to-long-term effects of polyvalent immunoglobulins (Ig) in SFPN in patients with Sjogren’s syndrome who are refractory to conventional treatments remain an unmet medical need. We present our experience related to the persistent improvement of Ig in a case series of SFPN in Sjogren’s syndrome and relevant data in the literature regarding the benefits of immunoglobulins, for this indication.
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Taylor Pindi Sala | University Paris Diderot, EA 7334, Patient Centered Outcomes Research, Paris, France | Conceptualized and designed the study, collected data, and reviewed and revised the manuscript for important intellectual content |
Mona Villedieu | Octapharma, 92,100 Boulogne Billancourt, France | Conceptualized and designed the study, collected data, and reviewed and revised the manuscript for important intellectual content |
Jean-Charles Crave | Octapharma, 92,100 Boulogne Billancourt, France | Conceptualized and designed the study, collected data, and reviewed and revised the manuscript for important intellectual content |
Laura Damian | Department of Rheumatology, County Emergency Hospital Cluj-Napoca, Cluj-Napoca, Romania | Conceptualized and designed the study, collected data, and reviewed and revised the manuscript for important intellectual content |
Vivien Pautot | Department of Neurology University Hospital Angers, Angers, France | Conceptualized and designed the study, collected data, and reviewed and revised the manuscript for important intellectual content |
Ljudmila Stojanovich | Scientific Research Department, Internal Medicine-Rheumatology Bezhanijska Kosa, University Medical Center, Belgrade University, Serbia | Conceptualized and designed the study, collected data, and reviewed and revised the manuscript for important intellectual content |
Jan Willem Cohen Tervaert | Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada | Conceptualized and designed the study, collected data, and reviewed and revised the manuscript for important intellectual content |
Patrick Cherin | Internal Medicine Department Hôpital Pitié-Salpétrière, 75,013 Paris | Coordinated and conceptualized and designated the study and critically reviewed the manuscript for important intellectual content |
Cristina Belizna | Vascular and Coagulation Department, University Hospital Angers, Angers, France CNRS 6015 INSERMU1083, UMR, Angers, France | Coordinated and conceptualized and designated the study and critically reviewed the manuscript for important intellectual content |
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Pindi Sala, T., Villedieu, M., Damian, L. et al. Long-term efficacy of immunoglobulins in small fiber neuropathy related to Sjögren’s syndrome. J Neurol 267, 3499–3507 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00415-020-10033-z
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Keywords
- Small fiber sensory neuropathies and sjögren syndrome
- Small fiber sensory neuropathies and sjögren syndrome and treatment
- Small fiber sensory neuropathies in sjögren syndrome and immunoglobulins
- Small fiber sensory neuropathies in sjögren syndrome and intravenous immunoglobulins
- Small fiber sensory neuropathies in sjögren syndrome and subcutaneous immunoglobulins