Optic neuritis in a patient with miller-fisher syndrome

Journal of the Medical Association of Thailand

Volumn 91, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1909-1914

  Lolekha, Praween ^a   Phanthumchinda, Kammant ^a  

^a CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Miller fisher syndrome; Optic neuritis

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; OLIGOCLONAL BAND;

ADULT; AREFLEXIA; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BLURRED VISION; BRAIN; CASE REPORT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID CULTURE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLOR VISION DEFECT; CYTOLOGY; DISSOCIATION; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRAM STAINING; GUILLAIN BARRE SYNDROME; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; LABORATORY TEST; LIMB; MOTOR NERVE CONDUCTION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPHTHALMOPLEGIA; OPTIC NERVE DISEASE; OPTIC NEURITIS; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; VIRUS CULTURE; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; HEART STROKE VOLUME; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MILLER FISHER SYNDROME; OPTIC NEURITIS; STROKE VOLUME;

EID: 58949103783     PISSN: 01252208     EISSN: 01252208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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