Anti-GQ1b ganglioside antibody and ophthalmoplegia of undetermined cause

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 82, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 916-918

  Suzuki, Tone ^a   Chiba, Atsuro ^b   Kusunoki, Susumu ^b   Chikuda, Makoto ^a   Fujita, Tsuneaki ^a   Misu, Kazuo ^a  

^a DOKKYO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GANGLIOSIDE ANTIBODY; GANGLIOSIDE GQ 1B; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; OPHTHALMOPLEGIA; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBCLAVIAN STEAL SYNDROME;

EID: 0031688732     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.82.8.916     Document Type: Article

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