An unsuccessful trial of immunomodulatory therapy in delayed posthypoxic demyelination

Neurocritical Care

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 253-256

  Khot, Sandeep ^a,c   Walker, Melanie ^a   Lacy, J Matthew ^b   Oakes, Patricia ^a   Longstreth Jr , W T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b King County Medical Examiner's Office   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Demyelination; Hypoxia; Immunomodulatory; Post hypoxic demyelination

Indexed keywords

METHYLPREDNISOLONE; STEROID;

ALCOHOL INTOXICATION; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BRAIN HYPOXIA; CLINICAL FEATURE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEMYELINATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG MEGADOSE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; HUMAN; IMMUNOMODULATION; LABORATORY TEST; MORPHINE ADDICTION; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PLASMAPHERESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VEGETATIVE STAGE;

ALCOHOLIC INTOXICATION; DEMYELINATING DISEASES; HUMANS; HYPOXIA, BRAIN; MALE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MIDDLE AGED; MORPHINE DEPENDENCE; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENTS; PLASMAPHERESIS; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 36949019140     PISSN: 15416933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12028-007-0044-6     Document Type: Article

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