Axonal Guillain-Barre syndrome associated with antibodies to GalNac- GD1a and unidentified acidic glycolipids

Clinical Neurology

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 119-122

  Ono, Masami ^a   Sakai, Tomoko ^a   Ohnishi, Akio ^a   Hashimoto, Tomoko ^a   Yuki, Nobuhiro ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (Japan)

^b DOKKYO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

anti GalNAc GD1a antibody; anti ganglioside antibody; axonal degeneration; Guillain Barre syndrome; nerve conduction study

Indexed keywords

GANGLIOSIDE GD 1A; GLYCOLIPID; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; N ACETYLGALACTOSAMINE;

ADULT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CASE REPORT; CATTLE; CAUDA EQUINA; GUILLAIN BARRE SYNDROME; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR NEUROPATHY; NERVE FIBER DEGENERATION; NONHUMAN;

ACETYLGALACTOSAMINE; ADULT; ANIMALS; AUTOANTIBODIES; AXONS; CATTLE; G(M1) GANGLIOSIDE; GLYCOLIPIDS; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MALE; MOTOR NEURONS; NERVE DEGENERATION; NEURAL CONDUCTION; POLYRADICULONEUROPATHY;

EID: 0030915804     PISSN: 0009918X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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