Bickerstaff's brainstem encephalitis associated with IgM antibodies to GM1b and GalNAc-GD1a

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 217, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 225-228

  Matsuo, Muneaki ^a   Odaka, Masaaki ^b   Koga, Michiaki ^b   Tsuchiya, Katsunori ^a   Hamasaki, Yuhei ^a   Yuki, Nobuhiro ^b  

^a SAGA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b DOKKYO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anti GalNAc GD1a antibody; Anti GM1b antibody; Bickerstaff's brainstem encephalitis; Campylobacter jejuni

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; GANGLIOSIDE; GANGLIOSIDE ANTIBODY; GANGLIOSIDE GA1NAC; GANGLIOSIDE GD 1A; GANGLIOSIDE GM 1B; GANGLIOSIDE GQ 1B; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; LIPOOLIGOSACCHARIDE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VENILON I;

ABSORPTION; ACUTE DISEASE; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BICKERSTAFF BRAINSTEM ENCEPHALITIS; BLOOD EXAMINATION; BRAIN REGION; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CASE REPORT; CEREBELLAR ATAXIA; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; CONVALESCENCE; CROSS REACTION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG MEGADOSE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ENCEPHALITIS; ENTERITIS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EXTERNAL OPHTHALMOPLEGIA; GENERAL CONDITION IMPROVEMENT; GUILLAIN BARRE SYNDROME; HUMAN; HYPERREFLEXIA; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SERODIAGNOSIS; SEROLOGY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; THETA RHYTHM;

EID: 0347357704     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2003.09.008     Document Type: Article

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