Rheusus anti-D immunoglobin in chronic autoimmune neuropathy

Acta Neurologica Scandinavica

Volumn 98, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 64-66

  De Jager, A E J ^a   Hazenberg, C A M ^a   Van Der Hoeven, J H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy; Intravenous gammaglobulin; Multifocal motor neuropathy; Rhesus anti D immunoglobulin

Indexed keywords

RHESUS D ANTIBODY; ALLOANTIBODY; RHO(D) ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL TRIAL; DEMYELINATING DISEASE; DRUG EFFECT; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; NEUROPATHY; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; BLOOD; BLOOD GROUP RHESUS SYSTEM; CHRONIC DISEASE; IMMUNOLOGY; INTRAMUSCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MIDDLE AGED; MOTONEURON; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; SENSORY RECEPTOR;

ADULT; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; CHRONIC DISEASE; DEMYELINATING DISEASES; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRAMUSCULAR; ISOANTIBODIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; MOTOR NEURONS; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; RECEPTORS, SENSORY; RH-HR BLOOD-GROUP SYSTEM; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031595779     PISSN: 00016314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0404.1998.tb07380.x     Document Type: Article

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