A case of relapsing Guillain-Barré syndrome following Miller Fisher syndrome

Clinical Neurology

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 675-679

  Mochizuki, Atsuko ^a   Ota, Kohei ^a   Iijima, Mutsumi ^a   Yamauchi, Teruo ^a   Iwata, Makoto ^a  

^a TOKYO WOMEN'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anti GQ1b antibody; Gullain Barr syndrome; Immunoadsorption; Miller Fisher syndrome

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; GANGLIOSIDE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

ADULT; ATAXIA; BLOOD; CASE REPORT; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MYOTATIC REFLEX; OPHTHALMOPLEGIA; PATHOLOGICAL REFLEX; POLYRADICULONEUROPATHY; REVIEW; SYNDROME;

ADULT; ATAXIA; AUTOANTIBODIES; FEMALE; GANGLIOSIDES; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOSORBENT TECHNIQUES; OPHTHALMOPLEGIA; POLYRADICULONEUROPATHY; REFLEX, ABNORMAL; REFLEX, STRETCH; SYNDROME;

EID: 3142519752     PISSN: 0009918X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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