title: Overlap of Guillain-Barre syndrome and Bickerstaff's brainstem encephalitis.
abstract: The nosological relationship between Bickerstaff s brainstem encephalitis (BBE) and Guillain-Barre syndrome (GBS) has yet to be clarified. We report results of the autopsy of a patient for whom overlapping BBE and GBS was diagnosed clinically. This and similar cases support the original authors' hypothesis that BBE is closely related to GBS.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Bunkyo-ku, Japan. yuki@dokkyomed.ac.jp
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Yuki
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Wakabayashi
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yamada
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Seki
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001933:Brain Stem / Q000473:pathology*; D004660:Encephalitis / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D005732:Gangliosides / Q000276:immunology; D006801:Humans; D007074:Immunoglobulin G / Q000097:blood; D011129:Polyradiculoneuropathy / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology
chemical_list: D005732:Gangliosides; D007074:Immunoglobulin G; C039129:GQ1b ganglioside