[Therapy oriented neurology from repair to remedy]

In addition to the traditional preoccupation for accurate localization of lesions, a new trend in our discipline emphasizes therapeutic approaches to various neurological disorders. This review summarizes the result of multi-center trials that we personally participated during the past decade to present an overview of the current thought in the area of our interest. The disorders in question include dystonia, chronic inflammatory demeyelinating polyneuropathy, myoclonic epilepsy, diabetic polyneuropathy, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, and experimental allergic neuritis. These results and other equally encouraging data suggest that we are not necessarily fighting a loosing battle in dealing with these incapacitating diseases, even though our effort often falls short of achieving a complete cure. In formulating a list of differential diagnosis, we must always entertain the possibility of remedy as the eventual goal of our clinical practice.