Anti-GM1 antibodies: The cause of otherwise unexplained ophthalmoplegias?

Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 411-414

  Kowal, Lionel ^a,c   Gajus, Michelle Andrea ^a   Kornberg, Andrew J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Autoantibodies; Glycolipids; GM1 ganglioside; Ophthalmoplegia

Indexed keywords

BOTULINUM TOXIN A; GANGLIOSIDE ANTIBODY; GANGLIOSIDE GM1;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EYE SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOPATHOGENESIS; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL RECORD; NEUROOPHTHALMOLOGY; OPHTHALMOPLEGIA; POPULATION RESEARCH; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUTOANTIBODIES; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; G(M1) GANGLIOSIDE; GANGLIOSIDES; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPHTHALMOPLEGIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 4444263219     PISSN: 14426404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9071.2004.00847.x     Document Type: Article

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