Anti-ganglioside GM1 antibodies in guillain-barré syndrome and their relationship to Campylobacter jejuni infection
✍ Scribed by Dr Jeremy H. Rees; Norman A. Gregson; Richard A. C. Hughes
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1995
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 712 KB
- Volume
- 38
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0364-5134
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Antibodies against the gangliosides GM1 and GQ1b may induce conduction failure in mice. To investigate their possible site of action in the Guillain-Barre ´syndrome (GBS), we studied the relation between serum anti-GM1 and anti-GQ1b antibodies and electromyography in 124 GBS patients. Anti-GM1 antib