Idiopathic bilateral facial palsy: Is a causative role of anti-GM1 ganglioside and herpes simplex type 1 possible?

Neurological Sciences

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 951-953

  Pretegiani, Elena ^a   Rosini, Francesca ^a   Donati, Donatella ^a   Rufa, Alessandra ^a   Moschettini, Donatella ^a   Cerase, Alfonso ^b   Morucci, Alessandra ^a   Annunziata, Pasquale ^a   Federico, Antonio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GANGLIOSIDE GM1; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; VIRUS DNA;

AGED; BLOOD EXAMINATION; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; EVOKED AUDITORY RESPONSE; FEMALE; HERPES SIMPLEX; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 1; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC BILATERAL FACIAL PALSY; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; LETTER; MOTONEURON; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NERVE CONDUCTION; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEROLOGY; TENDON REFLEX;

AGED; ANTIBODIES; BELL PALSY; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CELL LINE, TUMOR; FEMALE; GANGLIOSIDOSIS, GM1; HERPES SIMPLEX; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SIMPLEXVIRUS;

EID: 84863985434     PISSN: 15901874     EISSN: 15903478     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10072-011-0832-9     Document Type: Letter

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