Lack of response to pulse cyclophosphamide in neuromyelitis optica: Evaluation of 7 patients

Archives of Neurology

Volumn 69, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 938-939

  Bichuetti, Denis B ^a   Lobato Oliveira, Enedina M ^a   De Castro Boulos, Fernanda ^a   Gabbai, Alberto A ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PREDNISONE;

ARTICLE; BRAZILIAN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; ETHNIC GROUP; EXPANDED DISABILITY STATUS SCALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MYELOOPTIC NEUROPATHY; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENCE RISK; RECURRENT DISEASE; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT FAILURE; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT;

ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; AZATHIOPRINE; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; NEUROMYELITIS OPTICA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84863788683     PISSN: 00039942     EISSN: 15383687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archneurol.2012.545     Document Type: Article

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