Guillain-Barré syndrome after rituximab in a patient with idiopathic thombocytopenic purpura: A causal association?

Journal of Neurology

Volumn 257, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 488-489

  Jaso, Raquel ^a   Sierra, María ^a   Calleja, Jesús ^a   Valero, Carmen ^a   Pascual, Julio ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO MARQUÉS DE VALDECILLA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN; PREDNISONE; RITUXIMAB;

AGED; BLOOD SAMPLING; CASE REPORT; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ELECTROMYOGRAM; GUILLAIN BARRE SYNDROME; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA; LETTER; LIMB WEAKNESS; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; MOTOR NERVE CONDUCTION; MUSCLE ACTION POTENTIAL; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; PARESTHESIA; PERONEUS NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRIPLEGIA; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; TIBIAL NERVE; ULNAR NERVE;

AGED; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; AUTOANTIBODIES; CAUSALITY; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; GUILLAIN-BARRE SYNDROME; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULINS, INTRAVENOUS; IMMUNOLOGIC FACTORS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSION; MALE; PERIPHERAL NERVES; PREDNISONE; PURPURA, THROMBOCYTOPENIC, IDIOPATHIC; QUADRIPLEGIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77951206588     PISSN: 03405354     EISSN: 14321459     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00415-009-5400-3     Document Type: Letter

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