Journal of the Neurological Sciences
Volume 205, Issue 1 , Pages 83-84 , 15 December 2002

Acute isolated bulbar palsy with anti-GT1a IgG antibody subsequent to Campylobacter jejuni enteritis

  • Masakazu Onodera

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, Chiba Rosai Hospital, Chiba, Japan
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  • Masahiro Mori

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +81-43-226-2129; fax: +81-43-226-2160.
    • Department of Neurology, Chiba University School of Medicine, 1-8-1 Inohana, Chuo-ku, Chiba, 260-8670 Japan
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  • Michiaki Koga

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, Dokkyo University School of Medicine, Tochigi, Japan
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  • Ikuo Kamitsukasa

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, Chiba Rosai Hospital, Chiba, Japan
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  • Toshio Fukutake

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, Chiba University School of Medicine, 1-8-1 Inohana, Chuo-ku, Chiba, 260-8670 Japan
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  • Takamichi Hattori

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, Chiba University School of Medicine, 1-8-1 Inohana, Chuo-ku, Chiba, 260-8670 Japan
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  • Nobuhiro Yuki

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, Dokkyo University School of Medicine, Tochigi, Japan
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  • Satoshi Kuwabara

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, Chiba University School of Medicine, 1-8-1 Inohana, Chuo-ku, Chiba, 260-8670 Japan

Received 15 May 2002 ,Accepted 15 July 2002.

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Journal of the Neurological Sciences
Volume 205, Issue 1 , Pages 83-84 , 15 December 2002

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