Severe Guillain-Barré syndrome in childhood treated with human immune globulin

Pediatric Neurology

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 308-312

  Reisin, Ricardo C ^a   Pociecha, Juan ^b   Rodriguez, Estela ^b   Massaro, Mario E ^b   Arroyo, Hugo A ^b   Fejerman, Natalio ^b  

^a HOSPITAL BRITÁNICO DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b Department of Neurology ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CITAX; HUMAN IMMUNOGLOBULIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VENOGLOBULINA;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG RESPONSE; DRUG SAFETY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GUILLAIN BARRE SYNDROME; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE ATROPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELAPSE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CHILD; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION, PASSIVE; MALE; POLYRADICULONEUROPATHY; PROGNOSIS; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0029891256     PISSN: 08878994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0887-8994(96)00050-1     Document Type: Article

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