Miller fisher syndrome associated with influenza a infection

Internal Medicine

Volumn 51, Issue 18, 2012, Pages 2621-2623

  Hara, Makoto ^a   Morita, Akihiko ^a   Ichihara, Kazuaki ^a   Kashima, Yoji ^a   Kamei, Satoshi ^a   Kuwahara, Motoi ^b   Kusunoki, Susumu ^b  

^a NIHON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b KINKI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anti GQ1b antibody; Influenza A infection; Miller fisher syndrome; Postinfectious

Indexed keywords

GANGLIOSIDE GQ 1B ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

ADULT; AREFLEXIA; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; CARDIOVASCULAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CASE REPORT; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; DIPLOPIA; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GAIT DISORDER; GUILLAIN BARRE SYNDROME; HUMAN; INFLUENZA A; MALE; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; NERVE CONDUCTION; OPHTHALMOPLEGIA; PTOSIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ADULT; ANTIBODIES, ANTI-IDIOTYPIC; GANGLIOSIDES; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULINS, INTRAVENOUS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; MILLER FISHER SYNDROME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84867840270     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: 13497235     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.51.7984     Document Type: Article

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