Chronic ophthalmoplegia with anti-GQ1b antibody

Neurology

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 1000-1002

  Reddel, S W ^a   Barnett, M H ^a   Yan, W X ^b   Halmagyi, G M ^a   Pollard, John D ^a,b  

^a ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Autoantibodies; Cranial nerve diseases; Miller Fisher syndrome; Ophthalmoplegia

Indexed keywords

GANGLIOSIDE ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DIPLOPIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOTHERAPY; NERVE BLOCK; OPHTHALMOPLEGIA; OSCILLOPSIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PTOSIS; SUBCLAVIAN STEAL SYNDROME; ULNAR NERVE;

EID: 0034700984     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.54.4.1000     Document Type: Article

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