Intermittent plasmapheresis prevents recurrence in neuromyelitis optica

Therapeutic Apheresis and Dialysis

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 505-508

  Miyamoto, Katsuichi ^a   Kusunoki, Susumu ^a  

^a KINKI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aquaporin 4; Multiple sclerosis; Neuromyelitis optica; Plasmapheresis

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; BETA INTERFERON; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; PREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW SUPPRESSION; CASE REPORT; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; LIVER DYSFUNCTION; MYELOOPTIC NEUROPATHY; PLASMAPHERESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; THERAPY EFFECT;

ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; AZATHIOPRINE; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROMYELITIS OPTICA; PLASMAPHERESIS; PREDNISOLONE; RECURRENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 71949127312     PISSN: 17449979     EISSN: 17449987     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-9987.2009.00780.x     Document Type: Article

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