GQ1b antibody testing in Guillain-Barrė syndrome and variants

Seminars in Ophthalmology

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 223-227

  Chaudhry, Frasat ^b   Gee, Kathleen E ^b   Vaphiades, Michael S ^b   Biller, José ^b   Jay, Walter M ^a  

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Cerebrospinal fluid; Gangliosides; GQ1B antibody; Guillain Barre; Miller Fisher syndrome; Ophthalmoplegia

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; GANGLIOSIDE GQ 1B ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GUILLAIN BARRE SYNDROME; HERPES SIMPLEX; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; OPHTHALMOPLEGIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMISSION;

ADULT; AGED; AUTOANTIBODIES; FEMALE; GANGLIOSIDES; GUILLAIN-BARRE SYNDROME; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULINS, INTRAVENOUS; MALE; MILLER FISHER SYNDROME; OPHTHALMOPLEGIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33845762275     PISSN: 08820538     EISSN: 17445205     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08820530601006775     Document Type: Article

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