Presynaptic neuromuscular transmission block in Guillain-Barré syndrome associated with anti-GQ1b antibodies

Neuromuscular Disorders

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 292-293

  Wirguin, I ^a   Ifergane, G ^a   Almog, Y ^a   Lieberman, D ^a   Bersudsky, M ^a   Herishanu, Y O ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CHANNEL; GANGLIOSIDE ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ADULT; AREFLEXIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD CHEMISTRY; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DYSARTHRIA; DYSPHAGIA; EXTERNAL OPHTHALMOPLEGIA; FEMALE; GUILLAIN BARRE SYNDROME; HEMIPARESIS; HUMAN; HYPESTHESIA; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NERVE CONDUCTION; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROMUSCULAR BLOCKING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; QUADRIPLEGIA; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SLURRED SPEECH; TENDON REFLEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AUTOANTIBODIES; FEMALE; GANGLIOSIDES; GUILLAIN-BARRE SYNDROME; HUMANS; LAMBERT-EATON MYASTHENIC SYNDROME; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION; PRESYNAPTIC TERMINALS;

EID: 0036169362     PISSN: 09608966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0960-8966(01)00296-6     Document Type: Article

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