Subcutaneous immunoglobulin therapy for the treatment of multifocal motor neuropathy: A case report

Neurological Sciences

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 829-831

  Dacci, Patrizia ^e   Riva, Nilo ^a   Scarlato, Marina ^a   Andresen, Irmgard ^c   Schmidt, Dirksteffen ^d   Comi, Giancarlo ^a,b   Fazio, Raffaella ^a  

^a SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b VITA SALUTE SAN RAFFAELE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^c Research and Development   (Switzerland)

^d Global Clinical Research and Development   (Germany)

^e NONE

Author keywords

Disimmune peripheral neuropathy; Intravenous immunoglobulin; Multifocal motor neuropathy; Subcutaneous immunoglobulin

Indexed keywords

GANGLIOSIDE GM1 ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

ADULT; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE DURATION; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG TOLERABILITY; ELECTRONEUROGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMMUNOELECTROPHORESIS; MALE; MOTOR NEUROPATHY; MULTIFOCAL MOTOR NEUROPATHY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RANKIN SCALE; SELF CARE; TREATMENT DURATION;

HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULINS; IMMUNOGLOBULINS, INTRAVENOUS; INJECTIONS, SUBCUTANEOUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR NEURONS; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 78650509602     PISSN: 15901874     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10072-010-0352-z     Document Type: Article

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