First-line treatment for CIDP: A new piece of the puzzle

The Lancet Neurology

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 478-479

  van Schaik, Ivo N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; DEXAMETHASONE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PREDNISOLONE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT;

CHRONIC INFLAMMATORY DEMYELINATING POLYRADICULONEUROPATHY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; HUMAN; LETTER; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; POLYRADICULONEUROPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DEMYELINATING DISEASE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; NERVOUS SYSTEM INFLAMMATION; NOTE; RANKIN SCALE; REMISSION;

ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULINS, INTRAVENOUS; MALE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; POLYRADICULONEUROPATHY, CHRONIC INFLAMMATORY DEMYELINATING;

EID: 84861182862     PISSN: 14744422     EISSN: 14744465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1474-4422(12)70101-1     Document Type: Letter

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