Atypical Miller Fisher syndrome with GQ1b antibodies

Journal of Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 268-271

  Paine, Mark A ^a   Keir, Geoff ^b   Plant, Gordon T ^a  

^a NATIONAL HOSPITAL FOR NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Asialo GM1 ganglioside; Ataxia; Autoantibodies; Bickerstaff's brain stem encephalitis; GQ1b ganglioside; Guillain Barr syndrome; Miller Fisher syndrome; Ophthalmoplegia

Indexed keywords

EID: 0342377471     PISSN: 09675868     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0967-5868(96)90064-8     Document Type: Article

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