Intravenous immunoglobulins versus plasampheresis in older patients with guillain- barre syndrome

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 47, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 1387-1388

  Rana, Sandeep S ^a   Rana, Sangeeta ^b  

^a ALLEGHENY UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (United States)

^b St Margaret Memorial Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAM; GUILLAIN BARRE SYNDROME; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; IMMUNOMODULATION; LETTER; NERVE CONDUCTION; NEUROPATHY; PLASMAPHERESIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADJUVANTS, IMMUNOLOGIC; AGED; AXONS; BLOOD COAGULATION DISORDERS; DEMYELINATING DISEASES; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; GUILLAIN-BARRE SYNDROME; HUMANS; HYPOTENSION; IMMUNOGLOBULINS, INTRAVENOUS; MIDDLE AGED; NEURAL CONDUCTION; PLASMAPHERESIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0032694291     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.1999.tb07452.x     Document Type: Letter

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