Pulse cyclophosphamide therapy in chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy

Neurology

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1735-1738

  Good, Janine Louisa ^a   Chehrenama, Mahan ^a   Mayer, Richard Frederick ^a   Lee Koski, Carol ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; CYCLOSPORIN A; DEXAMETHASONE; DIPHENHYDRAMINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; LORAZEPAM; METOCLOPRAMIDE; PREDNISONE;

ADULT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CHRONIC INFLAMMATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DEMYELINATING NEUROPATHY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HAIR LOSS; HUMAN; MALE; NAUSEA; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PLASMAPHERESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMISSION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VOMITING;

EID: 0031649084     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.51.6.1735     Document Type: Article

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