Off-label use of eculizumab for neurological symptoms and progressive vision loss

Alicja Kuźniewska; Marta Jaskólska; Mariusz Kwarciany; Aleksandra Ciarka; Rafał Pęksa; Zbigniew Zdrojewski; Marcin Okrój

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Off-label use of eculizumab for neurological symptoms and progressive vision loss

Alicja Kuźniewska

¹

,

Marta Jaskólska

²

,

Mariusz Kwarciany

³

,

Aleksandra Ciarka

⁴

,

Rafał Pęksa

⁴

,

Zbigniew Zdrojewski

²

,

Marcin Okrój

¹

Department of Cell Biology and Immunology, Intercollegiate Faculty of Biotechnology, University of Gdańsk and Medical University of Gdańsk, Poland

Department of Rheumatology, Clinical Immunology, Geriatrics and Internal Medicine, Medical University of Gdańsk, Poland

Department of Neurology, Division of Adult Neurology, Medical University of Gdańsk, Poland

Department of Pathomorphology, Medical University of Gdańsk, Poland

Folia Neuropathol 2023; 61 (4):442-447

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5114/fn.2023.134313

Online publish date: 2023/12/29

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Off-label use of eculizumab for neurological symptoms and progressive vision loss

Alicja Kuźniewska 1 , Marta Jaskólska 2 , Mariusz Kwarciany 3 , Aleksandra Ciarka 4 , Rafał Pęksa 4 , Zbigniew Zdrojewski 2 , Marcin Okrój 1

Alicja Kuźniewska

¹

,

Marta Jaskólska

²

,

Mariusz Kwarciany

³

,

Aleksandra Ciarka

⁴

,

Rafał Pęksa

⁴

,

Zbigniew Zdrojewski

²

,

Marcin Okrój

¹