IgM antibody-related polyneuropathies: B-cell depletion chemotherapy using Rituximab

Neurology

Volumn 52, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 1701-1704

  Levine, Todd D ^a   Pestronk, Alan ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD20 ANTIGEN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; MYELIN ASSOCIATED GLYCOPROTEIN; RITUXIMAB; SPHINGOLIPID ACTIVATOR PROTEIN 1;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; MALE; MOTOR NEUROPATHY; POLYNEUROPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0033549067     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/wnl.52.8.1701     Document Type: Article

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