Clinical correlate and fine specificity of anti-GQ1b antibodies in peripheral neuropathy

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 155, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 186-191

  Carpo, Marinella ^a   Pedotti, Rosetta ^a   Lolli, Francesco ^b   Pitrola, Anita ^a   Allaria, Silvia ^a   Scarlato, Guglielmo ^a   Nobile Orazio, Eduardo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Antibodies; Gangliosides; GQ1b; Guillain Barre syndrome; Miller Fisher syndrome; Neuropathy

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GAMMOPATHY; GUILLAIN BARRE SYNDROME; HIGH PERFORMANCE THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEUROPATHY; OPHTHALMOPLEGIA; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBCLAVIAN STEAL SYNDROME;

ANTIBODY FORMATION; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; CHROMATOGRAPHY, THIN LAYER; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GANGLIOSIDES; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; POLYRADICULONEUROPATHY;

EID: 0032485349     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-510X(97)00312-2     Document Type: Article

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