Bickerstaff's brainstem encephalitis: clinical features of 62 cases and a subgroup associated with Guillain–Barré syndrome

Masaaki Odaka, Nobuhiro Yuki, Mitsunori Yamada, Michiaki Koga, Toshihiko Takemi, Koichi Hirata, Satoshi Kuwabara
2003 Brain  
of BBE patients have associated axonal Guillain±Barre syndrome, indicative that the two disorders are closely related and form a continuous spectrum. Abbreviations: AMAN = acute motor axonal neuropathy; BBE = Bickerstaff's brainstem encephalitis; CMAP = compound muscle action potential; ELISA = enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay; FS = Fisher syndrome; GBS = Guillain±Barre syndrome; IVIg = intravenous immunoglobulin; MRC = Medical Research Council Brain 126 ã Guarantors of Brain 2003; all rights reserved
doi:10.1093/brain/awg233 pmid:12847079 fatcat:e3ergkf425eizhmzhq4tb24zau