Antibodies to fucogangliosides in neurological diseases

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 150, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 81-84

  Yuki, Nobuhiro ^a,b   Ariga, Toshio ^c  

^a TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Saitoh Memorial Hospital   (Japan)

^c VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Autoantibody; Fucoganglioside; Fucosyl GM1; Sensory neuropathy

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; GANGLIOSIDE;

ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FUCOSYLATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AUTOANTIBODIES; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CARBOHYDRATE CONFORMATION; CARBOHYDRATE SEQUENCE; GANGLIOSIDES; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 0030872703     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-510X(97)05392-6     Document Type: Article

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