Refractory neurosarcoidosis responsive to infliximab

Practical Neurology

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 112-115

  Kobylecki, Christopher ^a   Shaunak, Sandip ^a  

^a ROYAL PRESTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; GLIMEPIRIDE; INFLIXIMAB; METFORMIN; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID; PREDNISOLONE; STEROID;

ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; BLINDNESS; CASE REPORT; CELL MATURATION; DIABETES CONTROL; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG ERUPTION; DRUG RESPONSE; ENDOSCOPIC BIOPSY; FATIGUE; FOLLOW UP; GIANT CELL; GRANULOMA; HEADACHE; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; NERVE BIOPSY; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPTIC NERVE; OSCILLOPSIA; PAPILLEDEMA; PUPIL DISEASE; SARCOIDOSIS; SYMPTOM; T LYMPHOCYTE; VISUAL ACUITY; VOMITING; WEIGHT GAIN; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADULT; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; HUMANS; MALE; OPTIC NERVE DISEASES; SARCOIDOSIS;

EID: 34147222766     PISSN: 14747758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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