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Effect of phosphatidic acid on antiganglioside antibody reactivity in the isolated facial diplegia variant of Guillain–Barré syndrome: a case report

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Abbreviations

GBS:

Guillain–Barré syndrome

FD:

Facial diplegia

IgG:

Immunoglobulin G

PA:

Phosphatidic acid

CSF:

Cerebrospinal fluid

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Acknowledgements

We would like to thank Professor Susumu Kusunoki (Department of Neurology, Kinki University School of Medicine, Osaka) for measuring anti-ganglioside antibodies and all members of the Department of Neurology at Japanese Red Cross Kumamoto Hospital for helping with the collection of clinical data.

Funding

This study was supported by the Ministry of Health, Labor, and Welfare, Japan and the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science, and Technology of Japan (JSPS KAKENHI Grant Number 19H03549).

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  1. Department of Neurology, National Hospital Organization Kumamotominami National Hospital, 2338 Toyofuku, Matsubase-machi, Uki, Kumamoto, 869-0593, Japan

    Keiichi Nakahara

  2. Department of Neurology, Japanese Red Cross Kumamoto Hospital, 2-1-1 Nagamine Minami, Higashi-ku, Kumamoto, 861-8520, Japan

    Keiichi Nakahara & Tadashi Terasaki

  3. Department of Neurology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, 1-1-1 Honjo, Chuo-ku, Kumamoto, 860-8556, Japan

    Shunya Nakane & Yukio Ando

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KN contributed to study conception and design, collected the data, drafted the manuscript for intellectual content. SN contributed to study conception and design, interpreted the data, drafted the manuscript for intellectual content. TT interpreted the data, drafted the manuscript for intellectual content. YA interpreted the data, drafted the manuscript for intellectual content.

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Nakahara, K., Nakane, S., Terasaki, T. et al. Effect of phosphatidic acid on antiganglioside antibody reactivity in the isolated facial diplegia variant of Guillain–Barré syndrome: a case report. Acta Neurol Belg 123, 231–232 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13760-020-01592-z

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