Acute motor axonal neuropathy and acute motor-sensory axonal neuropathy share a common immunological profile

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 168, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 121-126

  Yuki, Nobuhiro ^a   Kuwabara, Satoshi ^b   Koga, Michiaki ^a   Hirata, Koichi ^a  

^a DOKKYO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b CHIBA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acute inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy; Acute motor axonal neuropathy; Acute motor sensory axonal neuropathy; Anti ganglioside antibody; Guillain Barre syndrome

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; GANGLIOSIDE; GANGLIOSIDE ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMYELINATING NEUROPATHY; FEMALE; GUILLAIN BARRE SYNDROME; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTOR NEUROPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; AUTOANTIBODIES; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CHILD; FEMALE; G(M1) GANGLIOSIDE; GANGLIOSIDES; GUILLAIN-BARRE SYNDROME; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURAL CONDUCTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS;

EID: 0032879421     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-510X(99)00180-X     Document Type: Article

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