Autoantibodies to GM1b and GalNAc-GD1a: Relationship to Campylobacter jejuni infection and acute motor axonal neuropathy in China

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 164, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 134-138

  Yuki, N ^a   Ho, T W ^b   Tagawa, Y ^a,c   Koga, M ^a,d   Li, C Y ^e   Hirata, K ^a   Griffin, J W ^b  

^a DOKKYO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c KAGAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e HEBEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Anti ganglioside antibody; Campylobacter jejuni; GalNAc GD1a; Ganglioside; GM1b; Guillain Barre syndrome

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; GANGLIOSIDE GD 1A; GANGLIOSIDE GM1; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; N ACETYLGALACTOSAMINE;

ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNITY; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; DEMYELINATING NEUROPATHY; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; GUILLAIN BARRE SYNDROME; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOTOR NEUROPATHY; NERVE FIBER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROLOGY;

EID: 0033120382     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-510X(99)00056-8     Document Type: Article

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