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A case of Bickerstaff's brainstem encephalitis in childhood

Ji Youn Kim, Young Ok Kim, Young Jun Son, Young Jong Woo

Clin Exp Pediatr. 2010;53(4):607-611. Published online April 15, 2010

Bickerstaff's brainstem encephalitis (BBE) is a rare disease diagnosed by specific clinical features such as 'progressive, relatively symmetric external ophthalmoplegia and ataxia by 4 weeks' and 'disturbance of consciousness or hyperreflexia' after the exclusion of other diseases involving the brain stem. Anti-ganglioside antibodies (GM, GD and GQ) in the serum or cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) are sometimes informative for the diagnosis...

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