Miller Fisher syndrome with transient coma: Comparison with Bickerstaff brainstem encephalitis

Brain and Development

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 98-101

  Matsumoto, Hiroshi ^a   Kobayashi, Osamu ^a   Tamura, Kikuko ^a   Ohkawa, Takashi ^a   Sekine, Isao ^a  

^a NATIONAL DEFENSE MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anti GQ1b antibody; Bickerstaff brainstem encephalitis; Miller Fisher syndrome; Syndrome of ophthalmoplegia, ataxia and areflexia; Transient coma

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY;

ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; AREFLEXIA; ARTICLE; BICKERSTAFF BRAINSTEM ENCEPHALITIS; CASE REPORT; CEREBELLAR ATAXIA; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMA; CONSCIOUSNESS; CONVALESCENCE; DISEASE COURSE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ENCEPHALITIS; GUILLAIN BARRE SYNDROME; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPHTHALMOPLEGIA; PERIPHERAL NERVE INJURY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETICULAR FORMATION; SLOW BRAIN WAVE;

BRAIN STEM; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMA; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ENCEPHALITIS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MILLER FISHER SYNDROME;

EID: 0036118817     PISSN: 03877604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0387-7604(01)00409-0     Document Type: Article

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