Determination of pain and response to methylprednisolone in Guillain-Barré syndrome

Journal of Neurology

Volumn 254, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1318-1322

  Ruts, Liselotte ^a   Van Koningsveld, Rinske ^a   Jacobs, Bart C ^a   Van Doorn, Pieter A ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Guillain Barr syndrome; Methylprednisolone; Pain symptoms, course

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PLACEBO;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GUILLAIN BARRE SYNDROME; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PARESTHESIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADICULAR PAIN; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SYMPTOM; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; GUILLAIN-BARRE SYNDROME; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULINS, INTRAVENOUS; MALE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 36148973167     PISSN: 03405354     EISSN: 14321459     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00415-006-0515-2     Document Type: Article

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