Miller Fisher syndrome associated with bulbar paralysis and elevation of antibodies against gangliosides

Pediatrics International

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 685-688

  Bandou, Nobuyasu ^a,c   Masao, Ise ^a   Akita, Hiroshi ^a   Kozan, Hiroko ^a   Sekiguchi, Takanori ^a   Ohara, Katsuaki ^a   Okamoto, Takashi ^a   Asano, Atsuko ^b   Yoshino, Hiide ^b  

^a TAKAMATSU RED CROSS HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b 1 7 1 Kohnodai   (Japan)

^c Ritsurin Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anti GM1 antibody; Anti GQ1b antibody; Anti GT1a antibody; Bulbar paralysis; Miller Fisher syndrome

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; AUTOANTIBODY; GANGLIOSIDE;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; HUMAN; MALE; MOLECULAR MIMICRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SUBCLAVIAN STEAL SYNDROME;

AUTOANTIBODIES; BLOOD SEDIMENTATION; BULBAR PALSY, PROGRESSIVE; CHILD; CHROMATOGRAPHY, THIN LAYER; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GANGLIOSIDES; HUMANS; MALE; MILLER FISHER SYNDROME;

EID: 0033430256     PISSN: 13288067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1442-200X.1999.01135.x     Document Type: Article

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