Post-infectious encephalitis with anti-galactocerebroside antibody subsequent to Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 140, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 91-95

  Nishimura, M ^a   Saida, T ^a   Kuroki, S ^d   Kawabata, T ^a   Obayashi, H ^b   Saida, K ^a   Uchiyama, T ^c  

^a UTANO NATIONAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b Kyoto Microbiological Institute   (Japan)

^c KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d KOBE CITY MEDICAL CENTER GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acute disseminated encephaIomyelitis (ADEM); Experimental allergic neuritis (EAN); Galactocerebroside; Mycoplasma pneumoniae; Plasma exchange; Post infectious encephalitis

Indexed keywords

GALACTOCEREBROSIDE ANTIBODY; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; TETRACYCLINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ALLERGIC NEUROPATHY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DEMYELINATION; ENCEPHALITIS; HUMAN; MALE; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; SCHOOL CHILD;

EID: 0030245779     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0022-510X(96)00106-2     Document Type: Article

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