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Cerebral infarction complicating intravenous immunoglobulin therapy in a patient with Miller Fisher syndrome.

B Turner1, A J Wills.   

Abstract

Intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIg) therapy is being increasingly used in a wide range of neurological conditions. However, treatment is expensive and side effects may be severe. A patient with Miller Fisher syndrome who developed cortical blindness as a consequence of occipital infarction precipitated by IVIg is reported on.

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Year:  2000        PMID: 10811710      PMCID: PMC1736949          DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.68.6.790

Source DB:  PubMed          Journal:  J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry        ISSN: 0022-3050            Impact factor:   10.154


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