Anti-GQ1b antibodies: Usefulness of its detection for the diagnosis of Miller-Fisher syndrome;Anticuerpos anti-GQ1b: Utilidad de su determinación en el diagnóstico del síndrome de Miller-Fisher

Medicina Clinica

Volumn 116, Issue 20, 2001, Pages 761-764

  Rojas García, Ricardo ^b   Gallardo, Eduard ^b   Serrano Munuera, Carmen ^b   De Luna, Noemí ^b   Ortiz, Esther ^b   Roig, Carles ^b   Grau Veciana, Josep M ^b   Illa, Isabel ^a  

^a HOSPITAL DE LA SANTA CREU I SANT PAU   (Spain)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Antiganglioside antibodies; Miller Fisher syndrome (MFS)

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; GANGLIOSIDE; GQ1B GANGLIOSIDE; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BLOOD; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GUILLAIN BARRE SYNDROME; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY;

ANTIBODIES; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GANGLIOSIDES; HUMANS; MILLER FISHER SYNDROME; NERVE GROWTH FACTORS;

EID: 0035796120     PISSN: 00257753     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-7753(01)71980-X     Document Type: Article

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