High dose cyclophosphamide treatment in Marburg variant multiple sclerosis: A case report

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 296, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 121-123

  Nozaki, Kenkichi ^a   Abou Fayssal, Nada ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Corticosteroids; Cyclophosphamide; Intravenous immunoglobulin; Marburg variant; MRI; Multiple sclerosis; Plasma exchange; Treatment

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; GRANULOCYTE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; METHYLPREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; DRUG MEGADOSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MARBURG HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ADULT; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; FEMALE; GRANULOCYTE-MACROPHAGE COLONY-STIMULATING FACTOR; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULINS, INTRAVENOUS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PLASMA EXCHANGE; SCOLIOSIS; SPINAL CORD; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77956873175     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2010.05.022     Document Type: Article

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