Improvement of severe and intravenous immunoglobulin-dependent multifocal motor neuropathy with conduction block after long-term rituximab;Amélioration d'un cas de neuropathie motrice multifocale avec blocs de conduction sévre, dépendant des immunoglobulines intraveineuses, aprs adjonction de rituximab au long cours

Revue Neurologique

Volumn 167, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 916-920

  Michaud, A ^a   Delmont, E ^a   Jeandel, P Y ^a   Desnuelle, C ^a  

^a CENTRE HOSPITALIER UNIVERSITAIRE DE NICE   (France)

Author keywords

Intravenous immunoglobulins; Multifocal motor neuropathy with motor conduction block; Rituximab

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; RITUXIMAB;

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MOTOR WEAKNESS; MULTIFOCAL MOTOR NEUROPATHY WITH CONDUCTION BLOCK; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROPATHY; OVERALL NEUROPATHY LIMITATION SCALE; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL, MURINE-DERIVED; DELAYED-ACTION PREPARATIONS; DRUG COMBINATIONS; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULINS, INTRAVENOUS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; MALE; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; NEURAL CONDUCTION; POLYNEUROPATHIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 83555174365     PISSN: 00353787     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neurol.2011.02.042     Document Type: Article

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