Prevalence and Clinical Implications of the Mirror and TV Signs in Advanced Alzheimer's Disease and Dementia with Lewy Bodies.

Objective: To explore the prevalence and clinical implications of the mirror and TV signs in the moderate to advanced stages of Alzheimer's disease (AD) and dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB).

Methods: We retrospectively examined the prevalence of clinical and psychiatric symptoms including the mirror and TV signs in 200 subjects with AD and 200 with DLB and evaluated the relationships among the symptoms.

Results: The mirror sign was found in 3.

Optimization of intravenous immunoglobulin in chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy evaluated by grip strength measurement.

Background: Optimal dose and timing of repeated intravenous immunoglobulin therapy (IVIg) for intractable chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy (CIDP) patients have not been determined. The aim of this study was to optimize dose and timing of IVIg for CIDP patients who need frequent IVIg using daily grip strength measurement.

Methods: Repeated IVIg were administered for two intractable CIDP patients.