A randomized trial of plasma exchange in acute central nervous system inflammatory demyelinating disease

Annals of Neurology

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 878-886

  Weinshenker, Brian G ^a   O'Brien, Peter C ^a   Petterson, Tanya M ^a   Noseworthy, John H ^a   Lucchinetti, Claudia F ^a   Dodick, David W ^a   Pineda, Alvaro A ^a   Stevens, Lorna N ^a   Rodriguez, Moses ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMYELINATING DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PLASMAPHERESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; DEMYELINATING AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES, CNS; DISABILITY EVALUATION; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMANS; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PLASMA EXCHANGE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0032758846     PISSN: 03645134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1531-8249(199912)46:6<878::AID-ANA10>3.0.CO;2-Q     Document Type: Article

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