Prominent sensory ataxia in Guillain-Barre syndrome associated with IgG anti-GD1b antibody

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 151, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 227-229

  Wicklein, Eva Maria ^a   Pfeiffer, Gustav ^a   Yuki, Nobuhiro ^b   Hartard, Christiane ^a   Kunze, Klaus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^b DOKKYO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acute sensory neuropathy; Anti ganglioside antibody; Anti GD1b antibody; Guillain Barre syndrome

Indexed keywords

GANGLIOSIDE ANTIBODY; GANGLIOSIDE GD 1B; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ANIMAL CELL; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; CASE REPORT; DEMYELINATING DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; GUILLAIN BARRE SYNDROME; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; NONHUMAN; POLYNEUROPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT;

ATAXIA; DEMYELINATING DISEASES; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GANGLIOSIDES; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYRADICULONEUROPATHY;

EID: 0030827183     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-510X(97)00136-6     Document Type: Article

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