A case of acute multifocal motor neuropathy with conduction block after Campylobacter jejuni enteritis

Clinical Neurology

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 42-45

  Sugie, Kazuma ^a   Murata, Ken Ya ^a   Ikoma, Katsunori ^a   Suzumura, Akio ^a   Takayanagi, Tetsuya ^a  

^a NARA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anti GalNAc GD1a antibody; Anti ganglioside antibody; Campylobacter jejuni; Guillain Barre syndrome; Multifocal motor neuropathy with conduction block

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIARRHEA; GASTROENTERITIS; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR NEUROPATHY; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NERVE BLOCK; TENDON REFLEX;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; AUTOANTIBODIES; CAMPYLOBACTER INFECTIONS; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; ENTERITIS; GANGLIOSIDES; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; NEURAL CONDUCTION;

EID: 0031958642     PISSN: 0009918X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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