Acute motor axonal neuropathy with high titer IgG and IgA anti-GD1a antibodies following Campylobacter enteritis

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 147, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 193-200

  Lugaresi, A ^a   Ragno, M ^b   Torrieri, F ^a   Di Guglielmo, G ^a   Fermani, P ^c   Uncini, A ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

^b Ospedali Mazzoni   (Italy)

^c Ospedale Mazzoni   (Italy)

^d Ospedale Colle Dell'Ara   (Italy)

Author keywords

Acute motor axonal polyneuropathy; Anti ganglioside antibody; Axonal Guillain Barre syndrome; Campylobacter jejuni; Electrophysiologic findings; GD1a ganglioside; N acetylgalactosaminyl GD1a ganglioside

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAMPYLOBACTER; CASE REPORT; ENTERITIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR NEUROPATHY; NERVE CELL DEGENERATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031569843     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-510X(96)05349-X     Document Type: Article

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