Immune-Mediated Chronic Demyelinating Polyneuropathies

Neuroimmunology in Clinical Practice

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 123-138

  Brannagan, Thomas H ^a  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Antibodies; Epidemiology; Humoral immunity; Immunomodulatory treatment; Neuropathies

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952021896     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470692363.ch7     Document Type: Chapter

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