Miller Fisher syndrome is associated with serum antibodies to GQ1b ganglioside.

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  • H J Willison
  • J Veitch
  • G Paterson
  • P G Kennedy
چکیده

A recent report described serum anti-GQ1b ganglioside antibodies in Miller Fisher syndrome (MFS), a clinical variant of Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS). Four consecutive cases of MFS all had high titre anti-GQ1b antibodies which were absent from all control sera including those of patients with GBS.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Journal of neurology, neurosurgery, and psychiatry

دوره 56 2  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 1993