A case of pharyngeal-cervical-brachial variant of Guillain-Barre syndrome with IgG anti-GT1a antibody

Clinical Neurology

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 333-335

  Nagano, Keisuke ^a,d   Koga, Michiaki ^b,c   Yuki, Nobuhiro ^b  

^a Department of Neurology

^b Dokkyo University School of Medicine

^c YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d Chikamori Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Botulism; Diphtheria; Guillain Barre syndrome; IgG anti GT1a antibody; Pharyngeal cervical brachial variant

Indexed keywords

GANGLIOSIDE; GANGLIOSIDE GQ 1B; GANGLIOSIDE GT 1A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; CASE REPORT; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GUILLAIN BARRE SYNDROME; HUMAN; HYPOREFLEXIA; MALE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NECK; OPHTHALMOPLEGIA; PHARYNX;

ADULT; AUTOANTIBODIES; CROSS REACTIONS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GANGLIOSIDES; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MALE; POLYRADICULONEUROPATHY;

EID: 0031859254     PISSN: 0009918X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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