Pulsed high-dose dexamethasone is not effective in patients with multifocal motor neuropathy

Neurology

Volumn 48, Issue 4 SUPPL. 5, 1997, Pages 1135-

  Van Den Berg, Leonard H ^a,b   Lokhorst, Henk ^b   Wokke, John H J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DRUG EFFICACY; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; MOTOR NEUROPATHY; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NERVE COMPRESSION; PLASMAPHERESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; DEXAMETHASONE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULINS, INTRAVENOUS; MALE; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE;

EID: 0031003976     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.48.4.1135     Document Type: Article

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