Multifocal motor neuropathy with conduction block and Campylobacter jejuni

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White, JR [1 ]
Sachs, GM [1 ]
Gilchrist, JM [1 ]
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[1] BROWN UNIV,SCH MED,DEPT CLIN NEUROSCI,PROVIDENCE,RI 02912
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10.1212/WNL.46.2.562
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R74 [神经病学与精神病学];
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We describe a patient with acute multifocal motor neuropathy with conduction block (MMNCB) and high titers of immunoglobulin G anti-GM1 antibodies after Campylobacter jejuni enteritis. Treatment with intravenous immune globulin led to rapid improvement with return of normal function by 6 weeks. This is the first report of C. jejuni enteritis preceding MMNCB.
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