A case of pharyngeal-cervical-brachial weakness suggestive of the nosological continuity between acute oropharyngeal palsy

Clinical Neurology

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 523-526

  Nagashima, Takahide ^a   Odaka, Masaaki ^a   Koga, Michiaki ^a   Yuki, Nobuhiro ^a   Hirata, Koichi ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Acute oropharyngeal palsy; Anti GQ1b antibody; Anti GT1a antibody; Oropharyngeal palsy; Pharyngeal cervical brachial weakness

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY;

ACUTE DISEASE; ACUTE OROPHARYNGEAL PALSY; AGED; ANTIBODY TITER; ARM MUSCLE; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; DYSPHAGIA; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE ACTION POTENTIAL; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NECK MUSCLE; NERVE CONDUCTION; OPHTHALMOPLEGIA; OROPHARYNX; PHARYNGEAL CERVICAL BRACHIAL WEAKNESS; SEROLOGY;

EID: 0036627122     PISSN: 0009918X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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