Long-term selective IgG immunoadsorption improves Rasmussen's encephalitis

Neurology

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 302-305

  Antozzi, Carlo ^a   Granata, T ^a   Aurisano, N ^a   Zardini, G ^a   Confalonieri, P ^a   Airaghi, G ^a   Mantegazza, R ^a   Spreafico, R ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF NEUROSURGERY   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOSORBA; RECEPTOR ANTIBODY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS PROTEIN A; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DRUG RESISTANCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOADSORPTION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RASMUSSEN SYNDROME; SEIZURE;

EID: 0031867914     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.51.1.302     Document Type: Article

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