Plasma exchange versus double filtration plasmapheresis in the treatment of Guillain-Barré syndrome

Therapeutic Apheresis

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 163-166

  Lyu, Rong Kuo ^a   Chen, Wei Hung ^b   Hsieh, Sung Tsang ^c  

^a CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

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

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Double filtration; Effectiveness; Guillain Barr syndrome; Plasma exchange; Plasmapheresis; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISABILITY; DOUBLE FILTRATION PLASMAPHERESIS; FEMALE; GUILLAIN BARRE SYNDROME; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PLASMAPHERESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

FEMALE; FILTRATION; GUILLAIN-BARRE SYNDROME; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLASMA EXCHANGE; PLASMAPHERESIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036247333     PISSN: 10916660     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1526-0968.2002.00382.x     Document Type: Article

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