Devic disease and thymoma with anti-central nervous system and antithymus antibodies

Neurology

Volumn 62, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 978-980

  Antoine, Jean Christophe ^a,b   Camdessanche J P ^a   Absi, L ^a   Lassabliere F ^a   Feasson L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ JEAN MONNET   (France)

^b SERVICE DE NEUROLOGIE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM ANTIBODY; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; NEOSTIGMINE; PREDNISOLONE; THYMOCYTE ANTIBODY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONVALESCENCE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIPLOPIA; DYSPNEA; EPITHELIUM CELL; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; MUSCLE BIOPSY; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; MYELOOPTIC NEUROPATHY; MYOSITIS; NECROTIZING MYOSITIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PLASMAPHERESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PTOSIS; SYMPTOM; THYMOMA; THYMUS;

EID: 1842509965     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/01.WNL.0000115168.73299.88     Document Type: Article

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