Favourable results of plasma exchange in severe myasthenia gravis;Gunstige resultaten van plasmaferese bij ernstige myasthenia gravis

Nederlands Tijdschrift voor Geneeskunde

Volumn 141, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 381-384

  Blom, R J ^a,b   Kuks, J B M ^a   Westerterp Maas, A ^c   Oosterhuis, H J G H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^c Stichting Rode Kruis Bloedbank G   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PREDNISONE; STEROID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; NETHERLANDS; PLASMAPHERESIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; PLASMA EXCHANGE; PREDNISONE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031046530     PISSN: 00282162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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