The treatment of acute polyneuropathies;Tratamiento de las polineuropatias agudas

Revista de Neurologia

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 171-174

  Suarez G A ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute polyneuropathy; Guillain Barre syndrome; Vasculitis

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID;

CLINICAL FEATURE; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG EFFICACY; GUILLAIN BARRE SYNDROME; HEPATITIS B; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNOTHERAPY; PLASMAPHERESIS; POLYNEUROPATHY; PORPHYRIA; REVIEW; VASCULITIS; ACUTE DISEASE;

ACUTE DISEASE; HUMANS; POLYNEUROPATHIES;

EID: 0033620940     PISSN: 02100010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.33588/rn.2902.98509     Document Type: Review

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