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ArticleNeurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology2024

Only anti-GM4 antibody positivity in a Chinese girl with overlapping MFS/GBS: a case report.

Jing Chen, Maoqiang Tian, XiaoMei Shu

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Article in Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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  4. 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
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Jing ChenDepartment of Pediatrics, Affiliated Hospital of Zunyi Medical University, No. 143, Dalian Road, Zunyi, 563003, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7933-2232
Maoqiang TianDepartment of Pediatrics, Affiliated Hospital of Zunyi Medical University, No. 143, Dalian Road, Zunyi, 563003, China.
XiaoMei ShuDepartment of Pediatrics, Affiliated Hospital of Zunyi Medical University, No. 143, Dalian Road, Zunyi, 563003, China. Shuxiaomei1993@sina.com.
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Abstract

backgroundGuillain-Barré syndrome (GBS), as the most common cause of acute flaccid paralysis worldwide, is considered a part of a clinical spectrum in which discrete, complete, or incomplete forms of GBS and overlapping syndromes lie on the basis of their clinical features. The term overlapping Miller Fisher syndrome (MFS)/GBS is used when patients with MFS also suffer from progressive motor weakness of the limbs. Anti-ganglioside GQ1b has been specifically associated with MFS and ophthalmoplegia. CASE DESCRIPTION: Here, we report a Chinese girl who was diagnosed with overlapping MFS/GBS showing acute flaccid paralysis of all four limbs, sensory symptoms, cranial nerve dysfunction, autonomic involvement, ophthalmoplegia, and ataxia. She had high serum and cerebrospinal fluid titres of monospecific anti-GM4 IgG antibody instead of anti-GQ1b antibody in the acute phase.

conclusionAnti-GM4 antibodies usually coexist with other antiganglioside antibodies, leading to missed diagnoses. The findings of the present study show that antibodies to ganglioside GM4 may in overlapping MFS/GBS as the lone immunological factors.

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Central Nervous System Viral DiseasesGuillain-Barre SyndromeMiller Fisher SyndromeMyelitisNeuromuscular DiseasesOphthalmoplegiaChild, PreschoolChinaFemaleGangliosidesHumansGangliosidesAnti-GM4 antibodiesGuillain-Barré syndromeMiller-Fisher syndromeOverlapping MFS/GBS

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