Presynaptic neuromuscular transmission defect in the Miller Fisher syndrome

Neurology

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 148-149

  Lo, Y L ^a   Leoh, T H ^a   Dan, Y F ^a   Lim, L L ^a   Seah, A ^a   Fook Chong, S ^a   Ratnagopal, P ^a  

^a SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; GUILLAIN BARRE SYNDROME; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; MALE; NERVE STIMULATION; NEUROMUSCULAR TRANSMISSION; PERIPHERAL NERVE; PRESYNAPTIC MEMBRANE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ACTION POTENTIAL; BLOOD; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; ELECTROSTIMULATION; IMMUNOLOGY; INNERVATION; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE CONDUCTION; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

AUTOANTIBODY; GANGLIOSIDE; GQ1B GANGLIOSIDE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ADULT; AUTOANTIBODIES; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; GANGLIOSIDES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MILLER FISHER SYNDROME; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEURAL CONDUCTION; NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION; PERIPHERAL NERVES; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 33645816806     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/01.wnl.0000191400.77080.21     Document Type: Article

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