Immune therapy for chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy: From clinical trials to real-life

European Journal of Neurology

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 171-172

  Rajabally, Y A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF LEICESTER NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; PLACEBO;

CHRONIC INFLAMMATORY DEMYELINATING POLYNEUROPATHY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISABILITY; DRUG COST; DRUG EFFICACY; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; IMMUNOTHERAPY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MONOCLONAL IMMUNOGLOBULINEMIA; PLASMAPHERESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANKIN SCALE; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT RESPONSE; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT;

CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULINS, INTRAVENOUS; IMMUNOLOGIC FACTORS; IMMUNOTHERAPY; POLYRADICULONEUROPATHY, CHRONIC INFLAMMATORY DEMYELINATING; STEROIDS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 74549215041     PISSN: 13515101     EISSN: 14681331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-1331.2009.02804.x     Document Type: Editorial

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