Chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy in children: II. Long-term follow-up, with comparison to adults

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 20, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 1569-1575

  Simmons, Zachary ^a   Wald, John J ^b   Albers, James W ^b  

^a PENN STATE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Childhood diseases; Chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy; Pediatrics; Peripheral neuropathy; Polyneuropathy

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN; PREDNISONE;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CHRONIC INFLAMMATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEMYELINATION; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; FOLLOW UP; GUILLAIN BARRE SYNDROME; HUMAN; PATIENT SELECTION; PLASMAPHERESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RECURRENT DISEASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHRONIC DISEASE; DEMYELINATING DISEASES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULINS, INTRAVENOUS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; PLASMA EXCHANGE; PREDNISONE; RECURRENCE; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; SPINAL NERVE ROOTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0030781985     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4598(199712)20:12<1569::AID-MUS12>3.0.CO;2-W     Document Type: Article

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