Acute disseminated encephalomyelitis associated with Campylobacter jejuni infection and antiganglioside GM1 IgG antibodies [6]

Journal of Neurology

Volumn 252, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 613-614

  Gaig, Carles ^a   Valldeoriola, Francesc ^a   Saiz, Albert ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; CEFTRIAXONE; CORTICOSTEROID; GANGLIOSIDE GM1; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; METHYLPREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; FEMALE; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LETTER; MYELITIS; MYELORADICULOPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AUTOANTIBODIES; CAMPYLOBACTER INFECTIONS; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS, ACUTE DISSEMINATED; FEMALE; G(M1) GANGLIOSIDE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

EID: 20044377939     PISSN: 03405354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00415-005-0701-7     Document Type: Letter

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