Miller - Fisher syndrome in a patient with rheumatoid arthritis treated with adalimumab

Clinical Rheumatology

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 93-94

  Kurmann, Patric Thierry ^a,b   Linthoudt, Daniel ^a,b   So, Alexander Kai Lik ^b  

^a Hopital de la Chaux de Fonds   (Switzerland)

^b LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Adalimumab; Miller Fisher; Rheumatoid arthritis

Indexed keywords

ADALIMUMAB; AZATHIOPRINE; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; GABAPENTIN; METHOTREXATE; PREDNISONE; STEROID;

AGED; ANESTHESIA (SENSORY DYSFUNCTION); ARTICLE; ATAXIA; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIZZINESS; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ELECTROMYOGRAM; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; FEVER; GUILLAIN BARRE SYNDROME; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; NERVE STIMULATION; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NYSTAGMUS; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; TENDON REFLEX; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

AGED; AMINES; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENTS; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; AZATHIOPRINE; CYCLOHEXANECARBOXYLIC ACIDS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; MILLER FISHER SYNDROME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 57049147427     PISSN: 07703198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10067-008-1017-7     Document Type: Article

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