Guillain-Barré syndrome with optic neuritis and cytomegalovirus infection [2]

Journal of the Peripheral Nervous System

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 340-341

  Igarashi, Osamu ^b   Fujioka, Toshiki ^a,b   Kishi, Masahiko ^b   Nomoto, Nobuatsu ^b   Iwasaki, Yasuo ^b   Kurihara, Teruyuki ^b  

^a TOHO UNIVERSITY OMORI MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

^b TOHO UNIVERSITY OHASHI MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOMEGALOVIRUS ANTIBODY; GANGLIOSIDE ANTIBODY; GANGLIOSIDE GQ 1B ANTIBODY; GANGLIOSIDE GT 1A ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGED; ANTIBODY TITER; BULBAR PARALYSIS; CASE REPORT; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; DEMYELINATION; DRUG MEGADOSE; GUILLAIN BARRE SYNDROME; HUMAN; LETTER; MALE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NERVE CONDUCTION; NONHUMAN; OPTIC NERVE DISEASE; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CEREBROSPINAL FLUID LEVEL; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

AGED; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTIONS; EVOKED POTENTIALS, VISUAL; GUILLAIN-BARRE SYNDROME; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULINS, INTRAVENOUS; MALE; NEURAL CONDUCTION; OPTIC NEURITIS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 27644515487     PISSN: 10859489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1085-9489.2005.10313.x     Document Type: Letter

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