Efalizumab-associated Guillain-Barré syndrome

Archives of Dermatology

Volumn 144, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1396-1397

  Victor, Frank ^b   Menon, Kavita ^b   Latkowski, Jo Ann M ^b   Fernandez Obregon, Adolfo ^b   Strober, Bruce E ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EFALIZUMAB; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; INSULIN; LISINOPRIL; METFORMIN; PANTOPRAZOLE; RISPERIDONE; SUCRALFATE;

ADULT; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID EXAMINATION; CERVICAL SPINE; DEMYELINATING DISEASE; DOWN SYNDROME; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ELECTROMYOGRAM; GUILLAIN BARRE SYNDROME; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; LETTER; LIMB WEAKNESS; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSORIASIS; THORACOLUMBAR SPINE; URINE INCONTINENCE;

ADULT; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GUILLAIN-BARRE SYNDROME; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULINS; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MALE; PSORIASIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 54349084042     PISSN: 0003987X     EISSN: 0003987X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archderm.144.10.1396     Document Type: Letter

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