Guillain-Barré Syndrome as leading manifestation of Graft-versus-Host Disease in an allogeneic bone marrow transplanted patient

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 292, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 114-116

  Thöne, Jan ^a   Lamprecht, Susanne ^a   Hohaus, Andreas ^a   Erbguth, Frank ^a   Bickel, Andreas ^a  

^a KLINIKUM NÜRNBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

AlloBMT; Cyclosporine; GBS; GvHD; IVIg; Plasma exchange; Transplantation

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; CYCLOSPORIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; PREDNISONE; RITUXIMAB; VINCRISTINE SULFATE;

ADULT; ALLOGENIC BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER REGRESSION; CASE REPORT; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FEMALE; GRAFT VERSUS HOST REACTION; GUILLAIN BARRE SYNDROME; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NERVE CONDUCTION; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; PARESTHESIA; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PLASMAPHERESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RASH; SKIN BIOPSY; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; VITAL CAPACITY;

BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; FEMALE; GRAFT VS HOST DISEASE; GUILLAIN-BARRE SYNDROME; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULINS, INTRAVENOUS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; MIDDLE AGED; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77949872728     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2010.01.020     Document Type: Article

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