Plasmapheresis does not affect polysomnographic parameters in patients with myasthenia gravis: A case series study

Artificial Organs

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2010, Pages

  Yeh, Jiann Horng ^a,b   Chen, Wei Hung ^a,c   Chiu, Hou Chang ^a,b   Lee, Chien Te ^d,e   Hsu, Chung Yao ^f,g  

^a SHIN KONG WU HO SU MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b FU JEN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^e CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Taiwan)

^f KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^g KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine receptor antibody; Double filtration plasmapheresis; Myasthenia gravis; Polysomnography; Sleep disordered breathing

Indexed keywords

DISEASES; PATIENT TREATMENT;

ACETYLCHOLINE RECEPTOR; ACETYLCHOLINE-RECEPTOR ANTIBODY; ANTIBODY CONCENTRATION; DOUBLE-FILTRATION PLASMAPHERESIS; EPWORTH SLEEPINESS SCALE; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; RESPIRATORY SYMPTOMS; SHORT DURATIONS; SLEEP-DISORDERED BREATHING;

ANTIBODIES;

CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; APNEA; APNEA HYPOPNEA INDEX; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EPWORTH SLEEPINESS SCALE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; NEUROIMAGING; PLASMAPHERESIS; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; SLEEP PARAMETERS; TREATMENT RESPONSE; WEAKNESS; MIDDLE AGED; SLEEP; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; PLASMAPHERESIS; SLEEP; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77953218593     PISSN: 0160564X     EISSN: 15251594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1594.2009.00975.x     Document Type: Article

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