Long-Term Prognosis for Guillain-Barré Syndrome: Evaluation of Prognostic Factors and Clinical Experience of Automated Double Filtration Plasmapheresis

Journal of Clinical Apheresis

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 175-180

  Cheng, Ben Chung ^a   Chang, Wen Neng ^a   Chen, Jin Bor ^a   Chee, Esther Chung Yin ^a   Huang, Chi Ren ^a   Lu, Cheng Hsien ^a   Chang, Chin Jung ^a   Hung, Pi Lien ^a   Chuang, Yao Cheng ^a   Lee, Chien Te ^a   Lee, Ping Yu ^a   Wang, Kuo Wei ^a   Chang, Hsueh Wen ^b  

^a CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Double filtration plasmapheresis; Guillain Barr syndrome; Long term prognosis; Prognostic factors

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISABILITY; DOUBLE FILTRATION PLASMAPHERESIS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GUILLAIN BARRE SYNDROME; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PLASMAPHERESIS; PROGNOSIS; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURVIVAL RATE; VASCULAR ACCESS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; GUILLAIN-BARRE SYNDROME; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULINS, INTRAVENOUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLASMAPHERESIS; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 9144230067     PISSN: 07332459     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jca.10066     Document Type: Article

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