Neuromuscular blockade by immunoglobulin G from patients with Miller Fisher syndrome

Ann N Y Acad Sci. 1998 May 13:841:659-69. doi: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.1998.tb10999.x.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Action Potentials
  • Animals
  • Autoantibodies / blood
  • Autoantibodies / pharmacology*
  • Diaphragm
  • Gangliosides / immunology*
  • Humans
  • Immunoglobulin G / blood
  • Immunoglobulin G / pharmacology*
  • In Vitro Techniques
  • Mice
  • Mice, Inbred BALB C
  • Miller Fisher Syndrome / blood
  • Miller Fisher Syndrome / immunology*
  • Miller Fisher Syndrome / therapy
  • Motor Endplate / physiology*
  • Neuromuscular Junction / drug effects
  • Neuromuscular Junction / immunology
  • Neuromuscular Junction / physiology*
  • Patch-Clamp Techniques
  • Plasmapheresis

Substances

  • Autoantibodies
  • Gangliosides
  • Immunoglobulin G
  • GQ1b ganglioside