A case report of plasmapheresis in the treatment of acute disseminated encephalomyelitis

Therapeutic Apheresis and Dialysis

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 401-405

  Shinozaki, Koichiro ^a   Oda, Shigeto ^a   Sadahiro, Tomohito ^a   Nakamura, Masataka ^a   Abe, Ryuzo ^a   Nakamura, Shiho ^a   Hattori, Noriyuki ^a   Hirano, Shigeki ^a   Hattori, Takamichi ^a   Hirasawa, Hiroyuki ^a  

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acute disseminated encephalomyelitis; Continuous hemodiafiltration; Corticosteroid; Plasma exchange; Plasmapheresis

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; FRESH FROZEN PLASMA; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; SODIUM;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASSISTED VENTILATION; CASE REPORT; COMATOSE PATIENT; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEMODIAFILTRATION; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ONCOTIC PRESSURE; PH; PLASMAPHERESIS; POSTVACCINAL ENCEPHALITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFLEX DISORDER; SODIUM BLOOD LEVEL;

ADOLESCENT; BLOOD CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS, ACUTE DISSEMINATED; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEMOFILTRATION; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PLASMAPHERESIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 53749092976     PISSN: 17449979     EISSN: 17449987     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-9987.2008.00617.x     Document Type: Article

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