Bickerstaff's brainstem encephalitis associated with IgG anti-GQ1b antibody subsequent to Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection: Favorable response to immunoadsorption therapy

Journal of Child Neurology

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 403-405

  Kikuchi, Masahiro ^a   Tagawa, Yumi ^b   Iwamoto, Hiroyuki ^a   Hoshino, Hisao ^a   Yuki, Nobuhiro ^b  

^a Hitachi   (Japan)

^b TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; ENCEPHALITIS; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HUMAN; IMMUNOADSORPTION; MALE; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; PLASMAPHERESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD;

EID: 0030967426     PISSN: 08830738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/088307389701200612     Document Type: Article

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