Maintenance Therapy for Myasthenia Gravis

J Gordon Millichap; John J Millichap

doi:10.15844/pedneurbriefs-28-7-7

Maintenance Therapy for Myasthenia Gravis

Pediatric Neurology Briefs

Volume 28 (2014): Issue 7

By: J Gordon Millichap and John J Millichap

Open Access

|Jul 2014

Abstract

Investigators at Boston Children's Hospital and at University of Florida, Gainesville, studied the comparative efficacy of plasmapheresis (PLEX) vs immunoglobulin (IVIG) as maintenance therapy in juvenile myasthenia gravis (MG).

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.15844/pedneurbriefs-28-7-7 | Journal eISSN: 2166-6482

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Language: English

Page range: 53 - 54

Published on: Jul 1, 2014

Published by: Pediatric Neurology Briefs Publishers

In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

Keywords:

Plasmapheresis,

Myasthenia Gravis,

Thymectomies

© 2014 J Gordon Millichap, John J Millichap, published by Pediatric Neurology Briefs Publishers
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Volume 28 (2014): Issue 7