Need for prolonged immunosupressive therapy in CLIPPERS-a case report

BMC Neurology

Volumn 13, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Wijntjes, Juerd ^a   Wouda, Ernest J ^a   Siegert, Carl E H ^a   Karas, Giorgos B ^a   Vlaar, Annemarie M M ^a  

^a ONZE LIEVE VROUWE GASTHUIS   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Ataxia; Chronic lymphocytic inflammation with pontine perivascular enhancement responsive to steroids; CLIPPERS; Diplopia

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; AZATHIOPRINE; BILIRUBIN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DEXAMETHASONE; GADOLINIUM; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; METHOTREXATE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID; PREDNISOLONE; PREDNISONE; RITUXIMAB; VALACICLOVIR;

ABDUCENS NERVE PARALYSIS; ACCESSORY NERVE DISEASE; ADD ON THERAPY; ADULT; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ATAXIA; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CHRONIC LYMPHOCYTIC INFLAMMATION WITH PONTINE PERIVASCULAR ENHANCEMENT RESPONSIVE TO STEROID; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIPLOPIA; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; GAMMA GLUTAMYL TRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; HEMATOCRIT; HERPES SIMPLEX; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NYSTAGMUS; PANCYTOPENIA; PARAPLEGIA; PONS; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; SIDE EFFECT; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; TREATMENT DURATION; URINE RETENTION;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CHRONIC DISEASE; DIPLOPIA; GAIT ATAXIA; HUMANS; IMMUNE SYSTEM DISEASES; IMMUNOTHERAPY; INFLAMMATION; LYMPHOCYTES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PONS; PREDNISOLONE;

EID: 84878008267     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2377-13-49     Document Type: Article

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