Isolated abducens nerve palsy as a regional variant of Guillain- Barré syndrome

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 243, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 35-38

  Tatsumoto, Muneto ^a   Odaka, Masaaki ^a   Hirata, Koichi ^a   Yuki, Nobuhiro ^a  

^a DOKKYO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anti GQ1b antibody; Fisher syndrome; Guillain Barr syndrome; Isolated abducens nerve paresis

Indexed keywords

GANGLIOSIDE ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; STEROID;

ABDUCENS NERVE PARALYSIS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRANIAL NERVE; DISTAL PARESTHESIA; FEMALE; GUILLAIN BARRE SYNDROME; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTION; LABORATORY TEST; LIMB WEAKNESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; NEUROIMMUNOLOGY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; OPHTHALMOPLEGIA; PHYSICIAN; PLASMAPHERESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPTOM; TENDON REFLEX;

ABDUCENS NERVE; ABDUCENS NERVE DISEASES; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUTOANTIBODIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; GANGLIOSIDES; GUILLAIN-BARRE SYNDROME; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULINS, INTRAVENOUS; INFANT; INFECTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MILLER FISHER SYNDROME; PLASMAPHERESIS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REFLEX, ABNORMAL; STEROIDS;

EID: 33645065099     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2005.11.026     Document Type: Article

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