PMID- 10079809
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 19990413
LR  - 20191103
IS  - 1091-6660 (Print)
IS  - 1091-6660 (Linking)
VI  - 3
IP  - 1
DP  - 1999 Feb
TI  - Treatment with steroids and double filtration plasmapheresis for a case of 
      anti-GQ1b antibody-positive Bickerstaff's encephalitis.
PG  - 72-4
AB  - The treatment of Bickerstaff's brainstem encephalitis (BBE) is still 
      controversial. We report a case of BBE with positive anti-GQ1b antibody. The 
      patient was successfully treated with steroids and double filtration 
      plasmapheresis.
FAU - Fujisato, H
AU  - Fujisato H
AD  - Department of Nephrology, Jichi Medical School, Tochigi, Japan.
FAU - Amemiya, M
AU  - Amemiya M
FAU - Hayashi, Y
AU  - Hayashi Y
FAU - Ogawa, M
AU  - Ogawa M
FAU - Nakano, I
AU  - Nakano I
FAU - Ikeda, H
AU  - Ikeda H
FAU - Takahashi, H
AU  - Takahashi H
FAU - Naitou, E
AU  - Naitou E
FAU - Funayama, I
AU  - Funayama I
FAU - Saitou, O
AU  - Saitou O
FAU - Ando, Y
AU  - Ando Y
FAU - Homma, S
AU  - Homma S
FAU - Muto, S
AU  - Muto S
FAU - Asano, Y
AU  - Asano Y
LA  - eng
PT  - Case Reports
PT  - Journal Article
PL  - United States
TA  - Ther Apher
JT  - Therapeutic apheresis : official journal of the International Society for 
      Apheresis and the Japanese Society for Apheresis
JID - 9706703
RN  - 0 (Gangliosides)
RN  - 0 (Nerve Growth Factors)
RN  - 68652-37-9 (GQ1b ganglioside)
SB  - IM
MH  - Adult
MH  - *Brain Stem
MH  - Female
MH  - Gangliosides/*immunology
MH  - Humans
MH  - Nerve Growth Factors/*immunology
MH  - Plasmapheresis/*methods
EDAT- 1999/03/18 00:00
MHDA- 1999/03/18 00:01
CRDT- 1999/03/18 00:00
PHST- 1999/03/18 00:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 1999/03/18 00:01 [medline]
PHST- 1999/03/18 00:00 [entrez]
AID - 10.1046/j.1526-0968.1999.00141.x [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Ther Apher. 1999 Feb;3(1):72-4. doi: 10.1046/j.1526-0968.1999.00141.x.