Serial magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) study of a patient with balo's concentric sclerosis treated with immunoadsorption plasmapheresis

Multiple Sclerosis

Volumn 2, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 291-294

  Sekijima, Y ^a   Tokuda, T ^a   Hashimoto, T ^a   Koh, C S ^a   Shoji, S ^a   Yanagisawa, N ^a  

^a SHINSHU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Balo's concentric sclerosis; Corticosteroid therapy; Immunoadsorption plasmapheresis; Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)

Indexed keywords

GLUCOCORTICOID; METHYLPREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PLASMAPHERESIS; SCHILDER DISEASE;

ADULT; DIFFUSE CEREBRAL SCLEROSIS OF SCHILDER; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; IMMUNOSORBENT TECHNIQUES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PLASMAPHERESIS;

EID: 0030640205     PISSN: 13524585     EISSN: 14770970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/135245859700200605     Document Type: Article

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