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Lee: Elevated in Anti-GQ1b and Anti-GT1a IgG Antibody Titers in an Overlap Case of Pharyngeal-Cervical-Brachial Variant of Guillain-Barré Syndrome and Miller-Fisher Syndrome

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Korean J Community Nutr 2013;15(1):27-29.

Published online: 19 January 2013

DOI: https://doi.org/10.14253/kjcn.2013.15.1.27

Elevated in Anti-GQ1b and Anti-GT1a IgG Antibody Titers in an Overlap Case of Pharyngeal-Cervical-Brachial Variant of Guillain-Barré Syndrome and Miller-Fisher Syndrome

Geun-Ho Lee

Department of Neurology, Dankook University College of Medicine, Cheonan, Korea

Address for correspondence; Geun-Ho Lee Department of Neurology, Dankook University College of Medicine, 201 Manghyang-ro, Dongnam-gu, Cheonan 330-715, Korea Tel: +82-41-550-6295 Fax: +82-41-565-6167 E-mail: dneuro@hotmail.com

Received 13 September 201220 February 2013 Accepted 6 May 2013

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Keywords: Gullain-Barré, syndrome, Miller Fisher Syndrome, GQ1b ganglioside

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Figure 1.

Blink reflex tests and photographs. (A) Bilateral external ophthalmoplegia and ptosis. (B) Blink reflex could not be elicited on the right side, either by ipsilateral or contralateral stimulation.

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