The role of IVIg in autoimmune neuropathies: The latest evidence

Journal of Neurology

Volumn 255, Issue SUPPL.3, 2008, Pages 7-11

  Hughes, Richard ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy (CIDP); Guillain Barr syndrome (GBS); IVIg

Indexed keywords

HUMAN IMMUNOGLOBULIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; PLACEBO;

AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COCHRANE LIBRARY; CONFERENCE PAPER; DEMYELINATING NEUROPATHY; DISABILITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG CHOICE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG RESPONSE; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; GUILLAIN BARRE SYNDROME; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA; LOADING DRUG DOSE; MAINTENANCE THERAPY; MOTOR NEUROPATHY; MULTIFOCAL MOTOR NEUROPATHY; NEUROPATHY; PLASMAPHERESIS; POLYRADICULONEUROPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELAPSE; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT;

CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULINS, INTRAVENOUS; IMMUNOTHERAPY; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; POLYRADICULONEUROPATHY; POLYRADICULONEUROPATHY, CHRONIC INFLAMMATORY DEMYELINATING; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 49249131318     PISSN: 03405354     EISSN: 14321459     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00415-008-3003-z     Document Type: Conference Paper

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