According to moderate quality evidence, corticosteroids given alone do not significantly hasten recovery from GBS or a ect the long-term outcome. According to very low quality evidence, oral corticosteroids delay recovery. Diabetes requiring insulin was more common and hypertension less common with corticosteroids based on high quality evidence.
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