Miller-fisher syndrome at King Chulalongkorn Memorial Hospital

Journal of the Medical Association of Thailand

Volumn 92, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 471-477

  Lolekha, Praween ^a   Phanthumchinda, Kammant ^b  

^a THAMMASAT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Thailand)

^b CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Guillain Barr syndrome; Miller Fisher syndrome

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; ASIA; ATAXIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; DATA ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; DIPLOPIA; DISEASE COURSE; DYSARTHRIA; DYSESTHESIA; DYSPHAGIA; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GUILLAIN BARRE SYNDROME; HEADACHE; HUMAN; IMMUNOMODULATION; IMMUNOPATHOGENESIS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; OPHTHALMOPLEGIA; PLASMAPHERESIS; PROGNOSIS; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; THAILAND; TREATMENT RESPONSE; WEAKNESS;

ADULT; AGED; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ATAXIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULINS, INTRAVENOUS; IMMUNOLOGIC FACTORS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MILLER FISHER SYNDROME; OPHTHALMOPLEGIA; PLASMAPHERESIS; PROGNOSIS; THAILAND;

EID: 65649126806     PISSN: 01252208     EISSN: 01252208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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