Failure of intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIg) therapy in experimental autoimmune neuritis (EAN) of the Lewis rat

Journal of Neuroimmunology

Volumn 76, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 112-116

  Enders, U ^a   Toyka, K V ^a   Hartung, H P ^a   Gold, R ^a  

^a Department of Neurology   (Germany)

Author keywords

Guillain Barre syndrome; Immune globulin; Neuritis

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMYELINATION; FEMALE; GUILLAIN BARRE SYNDROME; IMMUNOMODULATION; INFLAMMATION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; NEURITIS; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; IMMUNOGLOBULINS, INTRAVENOUS; NEURITIS, AUTOIMMUNE, EXPERIMENTAL; POLYRADICULONEUROPATHY; RATS; RATS, INBRED LEW;

EID: 0030905718     PISSN: 01655728     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-5728(97)00039-8     Document Type: Article

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