Therapy of NMO spectrum disorders

Annals of Indian Academy of Neurology

Volumn 18, Issue , 2015, Pages S16-S23

  Biswas, Atanu ^a   Mukherjee, Arabinda ^b  

^a BANGUR INSTITUTE OF NEUROSCIENCES   (India)

^b VIVEKANANDA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Aquaporin 4; drug therapy; immunosuppression; neuromyelitis optica

Indexed keywords

AQUAPORIN 4 ANTIBODY; AZATHIOPRINE; CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOSPORIN; CYCLOSPORIN A; ECULIZUMAB; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; METHOTREXATE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MITOXANTRONE; MYCOPHENOLATE MOFETIL; PREDNISOLONE; PREDNISONE; RITUXIMAB; SIVELESTAT; TOCILIZUMAB;

ADULT; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; CASE REPORT; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DERMATOME; DRUG PULSE THERAPY; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMOBILITY; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; LATENT PERIOD; MYELITIS; MYELOOPTIC NEUROPATHY; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARAPLEGIA; PLASMAPHERESIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RELAPSE; REVIEW; SYMPTOM ASSESSMENT; TREATMENT DURATION; URINE RETENTION; WEAKNESS;

EID: 84942090614     PISSN: 09722327     EISSN: 19983549     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0972-2327.164818     Document Type: Review

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