Anti-GQ1b-negative Miller Fisher syndrome presented with one-sided horizontal gaze palsy

Turkish Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 317-320

  Akinci, Gülçin ^a   Öztura, Ibrahim ^b   Hiz Kurul, Semra ^a  

^a Department of Pediatrics   (Turkey)

^b DOKUZ EYLUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Bulbar palsy; Horizontal gaze palsy; Miller Fisher syndrome; Mycoplasma

Indexed keywords

GANGLIOSIDE GQ 1B ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; ANTIIDIOTYPIC ANTIBODY; GANGLIOSIDE; GQ1B GANGLIOSIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; AREFLEXIA; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; BULBAR PARALYSIS; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DYSARTHRIA; DYSPHAGIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GAZE PARALYSIS; GUILLAIN BARRE SYNDROME; HOFFMANN REFLEX; HUMAN; MOTOR NERVE CONDUCTION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SENSORY NERVE CONDUCTION; SLURRED SPEECH; WALKING DIFFICULTY; EYE MOVEMENT DISORDER; IMMUNOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIBODIES, ANTI-IDIOTYPIC; FEMALE; GANGLIOSIDES; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MILLER FISHER SYNDROME; OCULAR MOTILITY DISORDERS;

EID: 77956863708     PISSN: 00414301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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