Castleman's disease associated with chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy: A clinical and electrophysiological follow-up study

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 110, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1133-1138

  Fernandez Torre J L ^a,b   Polo, J M ^a   Calleja, J ^a   Berciano, J ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO MARQUÉS DE VALDECILLA   (Spain)

^b KING S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Angiofolicullar lymph node hyperplasia; Castleman's disease; Chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy; Electrophysiological studies; Immunosuppresive therapy; Interleukin 6

Indexed keywords

CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; INTERLEUKIN 6; PREDNISONE;

AGED; ANGIOFOLLICULAR LYMPH NODE HYPERPLASIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEMYELINATING DISEASE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ELECTROMYOGRAM; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; FOLLOW UP; GUILLAIN BARRE SYNDROME; HUMAN; IMMUNOELECTROPHORESIS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; LONG TERM CARE; LYMPHOPROLIFERATIVE DISEASE; MALE; MYELOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; DEMYELINATING DISEASES; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, SOMATOSENSORY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GIANT LYMPH NODE HYPERPLASIA; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLES;

EID: 0345517111     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1388-2457(99)00053-X     Document Type: Article

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