Guillain-Barré syndrome following adalimumab treatment

Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 592-

  Manganelli, S ^a   Rossi, M ^a,c   Tuccori, M ^b,c   Galeazzi, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF SIENA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^c Tuscan Regional Centre of Pharmacovigilance   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADALIMUMAB; ETANERCEPT; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; INFLIXIMAB; STEROID;

ADULT; CASE REPORT; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ELECTROMYOGRAM; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; GUILLAIN BARRE SYNDROME; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LETTER; LEUKOPENIA; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARESTHESIA; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; VASCULITIS;

ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL, HUMANIZED; ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENTS; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; GUILLAIN-BARRE SYNDROME; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 84867392005     PISSN: 0392856X     EISSN: 1593098X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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