Miller Fisher syndrome: 10 Years' experience in a third-level center

European Neurology

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 149-154

  San Juan, O Daniel ^a   Martínez Herrera, José Fabián ^a   Moreno García, Jael ^a   Fernández Gonzalez Aragon, Maricarmen ^a   Del Castillo Calcáneo, Juan De Dios ^a   Pérez Neri, Iván ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Atypical variants; Guillain Barr syndrome; Immune neuropathy; Miller Fisher syndrome; Prognosis

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; STEROID;

ADULT; AREFLEXIA; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIPLOPIA; FEMALE; GUILLAIN BARRE SYNDROME; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; MALE; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; OPHTHALMOPLEGIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; DIPLOPIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; MALE; MILLER FISHER SYNDROME; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 67649422391     PISSN: 00143022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000226599     Document Type: Article

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