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A I Qureshi1, M A Choudhry, M S Akbar, Y Mohammad, H C Chua, A M Yahia, J A Ulatowski, D A Krendel, R T Leshner.
Abstract
We performed a retrospective multicenter chart review to compare the efficacy and tolerance of plasma exchange (PE) and intravenous immunoglobulin (i.v.Ig) in treatment of 54 episodes of myasthenic crisis. After adjustment for other variables, PE (compared with i.v.Ig) was associated with a superior ventilatory status at 2 weeks (partial F = 6.2, p = 0.02) and 1 month functional outcome (partial F = 4.5, p = 0.04). However, the complication rate was higher with PE compared with i.v.Ig (13 versus 5 episodes, p = 0.07).Mesh：
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Year: 1999 PMID： 10025801 DOI： 10.1212/wnl.52.3.629
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Neurology ISSN： 0028-3878 Impact factor: 9.910