Four cases of anti-ganglioside antibody-positive neuralgic amyotrophy with good response to intravenous immunoglobulin infusion therapy

Journal of Neuroimmunology

Volumn 238, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 107-109

  Moriguchi, Kota ^a,b   Miyamoto, Katsuichi ^c   Takada, Kazuo ^c   Kusunoki, Susumu ^c  

^a NATIONAL DEFENSE MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

^b Japan Ground Self Defense Force   (Japan)

^c KINKI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cytomegalovirus; Ganglioside; Immunoglobulin infusion therapy; N acetylgalactosaminyl GD1a; Neuralgic amyotrophy

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; GANGLIOSIDE ANTIBODY; GANGLIOSIDE GD 1A ANTIBODY; GANGLIOSIDE GD3 ANTIBODY; GANGLIOSIDE GM1 ANTIBODY; GANGLIOSIDE GM2 ANTIBODY; GANGLIOSIDE GQ 1B ANTIBODY; GANGLIOSIDE GT1A ANTIBODY; GANGLIOSIDE GT1B ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; N ACETYLGALACTOSAMINYL GANGLIOSIDE GD1A ANTIBODY; PREDNISOLONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ANTIBODY TITER; ARM DISEASE; ARTICLE; BRACHIAL PLEXUS NEUROPATHY; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; DRUG EFFICACY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FEVER; HEREDITARY MOTOR SENSORY NEUROPATHY; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; LIVER DISEASE; MALE; MUSCLE ATROPHY; MUSCLE STRENGTH; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHOULDER PAIN; TENDON REFLEX; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VOMITING;

ADULT; ANTIBODIES; BRACHIAL PLEXUS NEURITIS; FEMALE; GANGLIOSIDES; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULINS, INTRAVENOUS; IMMUNOLOGIC FACTORS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 80052835576     PISSN: 01655728     EISSN: 18728421     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneuroim.2011.08.005     Document Type: Article

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