Immunoadsorption therapy for neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorders long after the acute phase

Journal of Clinical Apheresis

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 43-45

  Kobayashi, Masatake ^a   Nanri, Kazunori ^a   Taguchi, Takeshi ^a   Ishiko, Tomoko ^a   Yoshida, Masaharu ^a   Yoshikawa, Noriko ^a   Sugisaki, Kentaro ^a   Tanaka, Nobuyuki ^a  

^a TOKYO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Neuromyelitis optica; Plasmapheresis; Steroid therapy

Indexed keywords

AQUAPORIN 4 ANTIBODY; CYCLOSPORIN; POLYVINYL ALCOHOL; PREDNISOLONE; TRYPTOPHAN; AQP4 PROTEIN, HUMAN; AQUAPORIN 4; AUTOANTIBODY; STEROID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID EXAMINATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOADSORPTION; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MYELOOPTIC NEUROPATHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PLASMA VOLUME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE; ACUTE DISEASE; BLOOD; CHRONIC DISEASE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; NEUROMYELITIS OPTICA; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PLASMAPHERESIS;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AQUAPORIN 4; AUTOANTIBODIES; CHRONIC DISEASE; HUMANS; IMMUNOSORBENT TECHNIQUES; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NEUROMYELITIS OPTICA; PLASMA EXCHANGE; PLASMAPHERESIS; STEROIDS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84922811752     PISSN: 07332459     EISSN: 10981101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jca.21324     Document Type: Article

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