Could Helicobacter pylori play an important role in axonal type of Guillain-Barré Syndrome pathogenesis?

Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery

Volumn 112, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 193-198

  Ghabaee, Mojdeh ^a   Ghanbarian, Davod ^a   Brujeni, Gholamreza Nikbakht ^b   Bokaei, Saeed ^c   Siavoshi, Farideh ^b   Gharibzadeh, Shahriar ^d  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

^c Faculty of Veterinary Medicine   (Iran)

^d AMIRKABIR UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

Author keywords

AIDP; Electrodiagnosis; ELISA; Guillain Barr Syndrome; Helicobacter pylori; Western blot

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CAGA PROTEIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; PROTEIN ANTIBODY; PROTEIN HYDROLYSATE;

ACUTE INFLAMMATORY DEMYELINATING POLYRADICULONEUROPATHY; ACUTE MOTOR AXONAL NEUROPATHY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GUILLAIN BARRE SYNDROME; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; MOTOR NEUROPATHY; PATHOGENESIS; POLYRADICULONEUROPATHY; SENSORIMOTOR NEUROPATHY; SERUM; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ADULT; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; AXONS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GUILLAIN-BARRE SYNDROME; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERIPHERAL NERVES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 77249159285     PISSN: 03038467     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clineuro.2009.11.008     Document Type: Article

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