Treatment of chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy with cyclosporin-A

Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 185-187

  Mahattanakul, Wattana ^a   Crawford, Thomas O ^a   Griffin, John W ^a   Goldstein, Jonathan M ^b   Cornblath, David R ^a,c  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cyclosporin A; Inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy

Indexed keywords

CREATININE; CYCLOSPORIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DEMYELINATING NEUROPATHY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MONOCLONAL IMMUNOGLOBULINEMIA; MUSCLE CRAMP; NAUSEA; POLYNEUROPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLEEP DISORDER;

EID: 0030063615     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.60.2.185     Document Type: Article

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