Development of facial palsy during immunoadsorption plasmapheresis in Miller Fisher syndrome: A clinical report of two cases

Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 399-401

  Chida, Keiji ^a   Takase, Sadao ^a   Itoyama, Yasuto ^b  

^a KOHNAN HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Facial palsy; Immunoadsorption; Miller Fisher syndrome; Plasmapheresis

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; TRYPTOPHAN;

ADULT; AGED; AREFLEXIA; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; HUMAN; IMMUNOADSORPTION; MALE; OPHTHALMOPLEGIA; PLASMAPHERESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBCLAVIAN STEAL SYNDROME;

EID: 0031922080     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.64.3.399     Document Type: Article

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