Effectiveness of intravenous immunoglobulin treatment in adult patients with steroid-resistant monophasic or recurrent acute disseminated encephalomyelitis

Journal of Neurology

Volumn 249, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 100-104

  Marchioni, E ^a   Marinou Aktipi, K ^a   Uggetti, C ^b   Bottanelli, M ^a   Pichiecchio, A ^b   Soragna, D ^a   Piccolo, G ^a   Imbesi, F ^a   Romani, A ^a   Ceroni, M ^a  

^a C MONDINO NATIONAL NEUROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Acute disseminated encephalomyelitis; IVIg; Scripps Neurological Scale; Steroids; Variant

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PREDNISOLONE; STEROID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISABILITY; DISEASE COURSE; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MEGADOSE; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOTHERAPY; MALE; MYELITIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; STEROID THERAPY; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036161479     PISSN: 03405354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/PL00007836     Document Type: Article

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