Treatment of multifocal motor neuropathy with interferon-β1a

Neurology

Volumn 54, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 1518-1521

  Van Den Berg Vos, R M ^b   Van Den Berg, Leonard H ^a   Franssen, H ^b   Van Doorn, P A ^b   Merkies, I S J ^b   Wokke, J H J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Interferon 1a; IV immunoglobulins; Multifocal motor neuropathy; Neuropathy; Treatment

Indexed keywords

BETA1A INTERFERON; IMMUNOGLOBULIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE COURSE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOMODULATION; MALE; MOTOR NEUROPATHY; MUSCLE DISEASE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0034636207     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.54.7.1518     Document Type: Article

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