Miller-Fisher syndrome associated with chronic lymphocytic leukemia

Neurology India

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 198-200

  Aki, Zeynep ^a,b   Aksoy, Özlem ^a   Sucak, Gülsan ^a   Kuruoǧlu, Reha ^a   Yaǧci, Munci ^a  

^a GAZI UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^b NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Chronic lymphocytic leukemia; Miller Fisher syndrome; Plasmapheresis

Indexed keywords

CHLORAMBUCIL; RITUXIMAB;

ADULT; AREFLEXIA; ARM; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; B CELL LEUKEMIA; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC LYMPHATIC LEUKEMIA; DIPLOPIA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG MEGADOSE; DYSARTHRIA; DYSPHAGIA; EXTERNAL OPHTHALMOPLEGIA; FEBRILE NEUTROPENIA; GUILLAIN BARRE SYNDROME; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; IMMUNOTHERAPY; MALE; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NERVE CONDUCTION; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PARESTHESIA; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; SENSORIMOTOR NEUROPATHY; SHOULDER GIRDLE; TENDON REFLEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA, LYMPHOCYTIC, CHRONIC, B-CELL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MILLER FISHER SYNDROME; NEURAL CONDUCTION; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PERIPHERAL NERVES;

EID: 47949101366     PISSN: 00283886     EISSN: 19984022     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0028-3886.42003     Document Type: Article

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