Anti-GQ1b IgG antibody syndrome: Clinical and immunological range

Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 50-55

  Odaka, M ^a   Yuki, N ^a   Hirata, K ^a  

^a DOKKYO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anti GQ1b IgG antibody; Bickerstaff's brain stem encephalitis; Guillain Barr syndrome; Miller Fisher syndrome; Ophthalmoplegia

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; GANGLIOSIDE ANTIBODY; GANGLIOSIDE GQ 1B; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODY DETECTION; AREFLEXIA; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; BRAIN STEM INJURY; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID EXAMINATION; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE MARKER; ENCEPHALITIS; FEMALE; GUILLAIN BARRE SYNDROME; HUMAN; HYPOREFLEXIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPHTHALMOPLEGIA; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TENDON REFLEX; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GANGLIOSIDES; GUILLAIN-BARRE SYNDROME; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MILLER FISHER SYNDROME; OPHTHALMOPLEGIA;

EID: 0035137836     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.70.1.50     Document Type: Article

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