Area postrema syndrome as frequent feature of Bickerstaff brainstem encephalitis
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Bickerstaff brainstem encephalitis and Fisher syndrome: anti-GQ1b antibody syndrome.
In the 1950s, Bickerstaff and Fisher independently described cases with a unique presentation of ophthalmoplegia and ataxia. The neurological features were typically preceded by an antecedent infection and the majority of patients made a spontaneous recovery. In the cases with Bickerstaff brainstem encephalitis, there was associated altered consciousness and in some, hyperreflexia, in support o...
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عنوان ژورنال: Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology
سال: 2018
ISSN: 2328-9503,2328-9503
DOI: 10.1002/acn3.666