Evidence map›Paper›PMID 37523503›Full record

ArticleThe Journal of international medical research2023

Anti-GT1a and anti-GQ1b immunoglobulin G antibody positivity with overlapping Miller Fisher/Guillain-Barré syndromes and prominent headache: a case report.

Ming Chi, Lu Han, Zilong Zhu

Abstract readCase Reports
In one paragraph

Article in The Journal of international medical research, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
4citing papers in PubMed
–field-weighted citation impact
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Frequency of anti-GQ1b IgG antibody in Miller Fisher syndrome: a Chinese single center study.Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology · 2025
    Article
  2. Article
  3. Article
  4. Article
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Ming ChiDepartment of Neurology, Tianjin Huanhu Hospital, Tianjin, China.ORCID 0000-0002-7902-3699
Lu HanDepartment of Neurology, Tianjin Huanhu Hospital, Tianjin, China.
Zilong ZhuDepartment of Neurology, Tianjin Huanhu Hospital, Tianjin, China.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) and Miller Fisher syndrome (MFS) are acute immune-mediated peripheral neuropathies. In addition to their classic presentations, a variety of other signs and symptoms have been reported; however, headache appears to be relatively uncommon. We describe a 53-year-old woman who presented with acute bulbar palsy as the first symptom of overlapping MFS/GBS accompanied by severe headache. The first important clinical impairment of the patient was acute bulbar palsy along with prominent headache, without limb weakness. Although her initial diagnosis was acute bulbar palsy plus, she subsequently developed lower limb diffuse weakness, and her final clinical diagnosis was overlapping MFS/GBS. Anti-ganglioside antibodies were positive for anti-GQ1b and anti-GT1a immunoglobulin G. The patient received intravenous immunoglobulin on day 2 of admission. Early identification of these overlapping syndromes is important for the management of patients, to avoid respiratory failure or severe weakness with axonal degeneration. We therefore remind clinicians of the importance of further examination in patients with headache and acute bulbar palsy of unknown origin.

Indexed as

Bulbar Palsy, ProgressiveGuillain-Barre SyndromeMiller Fisher SyndromePeripheral Nervous System DiseasesAutoantibodiesFemaleHeadacheHumansImmunoglobulin GMiddle AgedMuscle WeaknessAutoantibodiesImmunoglobulin Gacute bulbar palsyanti-GQ1b antibodyanti-GT1a antibodyGuillain–Barré syndromeheadacheMiller Fisher syndrome

Identifiers

PMID37523503
PMCPMC10392276

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY-NC
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.