Effect of tacrolimus in a case of autoimmune encephalitis

No To Hattatsu

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 436-439

  Hirano, Keiko ^a   Aiba, Hideo ^a   Yano, Masayuki ^a   Watanabe, Seiji ^a   Okumura, Yoshinori ^a   Takahashi, Yukitoshi ^b  

^a SHIZUOKA CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b SHIZUOKA INSTITUTE OF EPILEPSY AND NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETAMETHASONE; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; CYCLOSPORIN; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR; HYDROCORTISONE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PREDNISOLONE; RECEPTOR ANTIBODY; STEROID; TACROLIMUS;

ADOLESCENT; APHASIA; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; AUTOIMMUNITY; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG EFFICACY; ENCEPHALITIS; FOLLOW UP; HEMIPLEGIA; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PATHOGENESIS; RECURRENT DISEASE; RELAPSE; SEIZURE; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ADOLESCENT; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; ENCEPHALITIS; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; MALE; TACROLIMUS;

EID: 36349021911     PISSN: 00290831     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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