A case of Guillain-Barre syndrome associated with bilateral ballism: An overlap between Fisher's syndrome and Guillain-Barre syndrome

Clinical Neurology

Volumn 38, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 745-749

  Odaka, Masaaki ^a   Yuki, Nobuhiro ^a   Arai, Mio ^a   Hirata, Koichi ^a  

^a DOKKYO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bickerstaff's brainstem encephalitis; Bilateral ballism; Fisher's syndrome; Guillain Barre syndrome; IgG anti GQ 1b antibody

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AREFLEXIA; ARTICLE; BRAIN SCINTISCANNING; BRAIN STEM; CASE REPORT; CEREBELLAR ATAXIA; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMORBIDITY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ELECTROMYOGRAM; ENCEPHALITIS; FEMALE; GUILLAIN BARRE SYNDROME; HUMAN; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPHTHALMOPLEGIA; SUBCLAVIAN STEAL SYNDROME;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MILLER FISHER SYNDROME; MOVEMENT DISORDERS; OPHTHALMOPLEGIA; POLYRADICULONEUROPATHY;

EID: 0032432327     PISSN: 0009918X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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