Successful management of polyneuropathy associated with IgM gammopathy of undetermined significance with antibody-based immunoadsorption

Clinical Nephrology

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 404-407

  Toepfer, M ^a   Schroeder, M ^a   Muller Felber W ^a   Lochmuller H ^a   Sitter, T ^a   Pongratz, D ^a   Schiffl, H ^a  

^a LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

IgM; Immunoadsorption; Paraprotein; Polyneuroapthy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEMYELINATION; DISEASE COURSE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOADSORPTION; MALE; MONOCLONAL IMMUNOGLOBULINEMIA; POLYNEUROPATHY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; IMMUNOSORBENT TECHNIQUES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONOCLONAL GAMMOPATHIES, BENIGN; POLYNEUROPATHIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0034111402     PISSN: 03010430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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