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Table 1 IVIG response rate

From: Cost-utility of Intravenous Immunoglobulin (IVIG) compared with corticosteroids for the treatment of Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyneuropathy (CIDP) in Canada

Study

n

responders

%

Weight of Study

Zinman (2005)[22]

8

4

50.0%

0.08

Thompson (1996)[12]

7

3

42.9%

0.08

Mendell (2001)[23]

29

11

37.9%

0.20

Hughes (2008)[14]

59

32

54.2%

0.27

Vermuelen (1993)[25]

15

4

26.7%

0.16

Hahn (1996)[9]

30

19

63.3%

0.21

Pooled

  

47.3% (36.1%, 58.5%)