The effectiveness of immunomodulating treatment on Miller Fisher syndrome: A retrospective analysis of 65 Chinese patients

Journal of the Peripheral Nervous System

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 195-196

  Bai, Harrison X ^a   Wang, Zhi Li ^a   Tan, Li Min ^a   Xiao, Bo ^c   Goldstein, Jonathan M ^b   Yang, Li ^a  

^a CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; IMMUNOMODULATING AGENT; METHYLPREDNISOLONE;

AREFLEXIA; ATAXIA; CHINESE; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG EFFICACY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FISHER EXACT TEST; FOLLOW UP; GUILLAIN BARRE SYNDROME; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INSTITUTIONAL REVIEW; LETTER; LIMB WEAKNESS; MOTOR NERVE CONDUCTION; MOTOR UNIT POTENTIAL; MUSCLE ACTION POTENTIAL; NERVE CONDUCTION; NEUROLOGIST; OPHTHALMOPLEGIA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PLASMAPHERESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRODROMAL SYMPTOM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULINS, INTRAVENOUS; IMMUNOMODULATION; MALE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MIDDLE AGED; MILLER FISHER SYNDROME; PLASMAPHERESIS; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84879392913     PISSN: 10859489     EISSN: 15298027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jns5.12030     Document Type: Letter

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