A comparison of immunomodulation therapies in mechanically ventilated patients with Guillain Barré syndrome

Journal of Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 19, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1664-1667

  Netto, Archana B ^a   Kulkarni, Girish Baburao ^a   Taly, Arun B ^a   Rao, Gs Umamaheshwara ^a   Periyavan, Sunder ^a   Rao, Shivaji ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH AND NEUROSCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Guillain Barr Syndrome; Immunoglobulin; Immunomodulatory treatment; Mechanical ventilation; Plasmapharesis

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BULBAR PARALYSIS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHILD; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; DYSAUTONOMIA; FEMALE; GUILLAIN BARRE SYNDROME; HUGHES SCALE; HUMAN; HYPOALBUMINEMIA; IMMUNOMODULATION; INFECTION; INTENSIVE CARE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METABOLIC DISORDER; MORTALITY; NUTRITIONAL DISORDER; PLASMAPHERESIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RATING SCALE; SCHOOL CHILD; SEPSIS; VENTILATED PATIENT; WEAKNESS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GUILLAIN-BARRE SYNDROME; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULINS, INTRAVENOUS; IMMUNOLOGIC FACTORS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLASMAPHERESIS; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL;

EID: 84868301313     PISSN: 09675868     EISSN: 15322653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jocn.2012.04.012     Document Type: Article

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