The authors describe two patients with acute sensory ataxic neuropathy. Both had a profound loss of proprioception and generalized areflexia. High titers of monospecific anti-GD1b IgG antibody were detected in their sera during the acute phase. Sensory ataxia resolved within 2 weeks after the onset. Taken together with the induction of experimental sensory ataxic neuropathy sensitized with GD1b ganglioside, GD1b may be a target molecule for autoantibody in some patients with acute sensory ataxic neuropathy.
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Univ Calif Riverside, Riverside Community Hosp, Neurol, Riverside, CA 92521 USAUniv Calif Riverside, Riverside Community Hosp, Neurol, Riverside, CA 92521 USA
Carson, Bianca
Shetty, Namrata
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Shetty, Namrata
Trikamji, Bhavesh
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