Double filtration plasmapheresis in the treatment of myasthenic crisis - Analysis of prognostic factors and efficacy

Acta Neurologica Scandinavica

Volumn 104, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 78-82

  Yeh, J H ^a   Chen, W H ^a   Chiu, H C ^a  

^a SHIN KONG WU HO SU MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Double filtration plasmapheresis; Myasthenic crisis; Plasma exchange

Indexed keywords

BICARBONATE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BICARBONATE BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FILTRATION; HUMAN; INFECTION; MALE; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; PLASMAPHERESIS; PROGNOSIS; TECHNIQUE; THORAX DISEASE; THYMECTOMY; THYMOMA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; FILTRATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; PLASMA EXCHANGE; PLASMAPHERESIS; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0034770785     PISSN: 00016314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0404.2001.104002078.x     Document Type: Article

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