To clarify the question of whether Guillain-Barre ´syndrome (GBS) patients treated with intravenous immune globulin (IVIG) relapse at a higher frequency than those treated with plasma exchange (PE), 54 patients with GBS were studied retrospectively. A higher frequency of relapses was noted in the PE
HLA antigens in the Landry-Guillain-Barré syndrome and chronic relapsing polyneuritis
✍ Scribed by G. J. Stewart; Dr. J. D. Pollard; J. G. McLeod; C. M. Wolnizer
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1978
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 410 KB
- Volume
- 4
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0364-5134
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