Overlap of Guillain-Barre syndrome and Bickerstaff's brainstem encephalitis

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 145, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 119-121

  Yuki, Nobuhiro ^a,b,e   Wakabayashi, Koichi ^c   Yamada, Mitsunori ^c   Seki, Koji ^d  

^a TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Saitoh Memorial Hospital   (Japan)

^c NIIGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d Mishima Hospital   (Japan)

^e DOKKYO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

anti GQ1b antibody; autopsy; Bickerstaff's brainstem encephalitis; Guillain Barre syndrome

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; BRAIN STEM; CASE REPORT; ENCEPHALITIS; FEMALE; GUILLAIN BARRE SYNDROME; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; OPHTHALMOPLEGIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; BRAIN STEM; ENCEPHALITIS; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; GANGLIOSIDES; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; POLYRADICULONEUROPATHY;

EID: 0030899578     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-510X(96)00251-1     Document Type: Article

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