Acute isolated bulbar palsy with anti-GT1a IgG antibody subsequent to Campylobacter jejuni enteritis

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 205, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 83-84

  Onodera, Masakazu ^a   Mori, Masahiro ^b   Koga, Michiaki ^c   Kamitsukasa, Ikuo ^a   Fukutake, Toshio ^b   Hattori, Takamichi ^b   Yuki, Nobuhiro ^c   Kuwabara, Satoshi ^b  

^a CHIBA ROSAI HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b CHIBA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c DOKKYO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acute oropharyngeal palsy; Anti ganglioside antibody; Bulbar palsy; GT1a; Guillain Barr syndrome

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIBODY TITER; AREFLEXIA; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; BULBAR PARALYSIS; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CASE REPORT; DISEASE COURSE; DYSPHAGIA; ENTERITIS; GUILLAIN BARRE SYNDROME; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; PLASMAPHERESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AUTOANTIBODIES; BULBAR PALSY, PROGRESSIVE; CAMPYLOBACTER INFECTIONS; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; ENTERITIS; GANGLIOSIDES; GUILLAIN-BARRE SYNDROME; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MALE; PLASMAPHERESIS;

EID: 0037116118     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-510X(02)00241-1     Document Type: Article

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