Guillain-Barré syndrome after combined CHOP and rituximab therapy in non-Hodgkin lymphoma [2]

Journal of the Peripheral Nervous System

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 142-143

  Terenghi, Fabrizia ^a   Ardolino, Gianluca ^a   Nobile Orazio, Eduardo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DOXORUBICIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; RITUXIMAB; VINCRISTINE;

B CELL LYMPHOMA; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG MEGADOSE; GENERAL CONDITION IMPROVEMENT; GUILLAIN BARRE SYNDROME; HUMAN; LETTER; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ADULT; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DOXORUBICIN; GUILLAIN-BARRE SYNDROME; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULINS, INTRAVENOUS; LYMPHOMA, NON-HODGKIN; MALE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PLASMA EXCHANGE; PREDNISONE; VINCRISTINE;

EID: 34250186096     PISSN: 10859489     EISSN: 15298027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1529-8027.2007.00134.x     Document Type: Letter

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