Fulminant Guillain-Barré syndrome after Campylobacter jejuni enteritis and monospecific anti-GT1a IgG antibody

Internal Medicine

Volumn 41, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 889-891

  Okuda, Bungo ^a,b,c   Koga, Michiaki ^a,b,c   Katsuta, Tomoya ^a,b,c   Okamoto, Kensho ^a,b,c   Yuki, Nobuhiro ^a,b,c  

^a Department of Neurology ^*  (Japan)

^b EHIME PREFECTURAL CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c DOKKYO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acute'motor axonal neuropathy; Intravenous immunoglobulin; Plasmapheresis

Indexed keywords

GANGLIOSIDE ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BULBAR PARALYSIS; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CASE REPORT; CROSS REACTION; DIAPHRAGM PARALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENTERITIS; GUILLAIN BARRE SYNDROME; HUMAN; LEG MUSCLE; MALE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; PLASMAPHERESIS; QUADRIPLEGIA;

EID: 0036807831     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.41.889     Document Type: Article

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