Intravenous methylprednisolone or immunoglobulin for anti-glutamic acid decarboxylase 65 antibody autoimmune encephalitis: which is better?

Table 3 IVMP and IVIG effectiveness of patients with different clinical manifestations in the previous 70 references

	Patients with seizures			Patients with SPS			Patients with CA			Patients with tumors
	EN	IEN	p	EN	IEN	p	EN	IEN	p	EN	IEN	p
IVMP	29	39		3	2		2	5		5	12
IVIG	17	35	0.266	7	2	0.580^*	5	4	0.358^*	8	11	0.429

Differences were evaluated by Chi square test or Fisher’s exact test*
EN effective numbers, IEN ineffective numbers, IVMP intravenous methylprednisolone, IVIG intravenous immunoglobulin

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