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May, 2020

A spontaneous recovery of anti-galactocerebroside antibody-associated encephalitis without evidence of Mycoplasma infection

NEUROLOGY AND CLINICAL NEUROSCIENCE
  • Koh Tadokoro
  • ,
  • Yoshio Omote
  • ,
  • Yosuke Osakada
  • ,
  • Ken Ikegami
  • ,
  • Kota Sato
  • ,
  • Mami Takemoto
  • ,
  • Nozomi Hishikawa
  • ,
  • Yasuyuki Ohta
  • ,
  • Toru Yamashita
  • ,
  • Koji Abe

Volume
8
Number
3
First page
164
Last page
166
Language
English
Publishing type
Research paper (scientific journal)
DOI
10.1111/ncn3.12379
Publisher
WILEY

Anti-galactocerebroside (Gal-C) antibody is characteristic of encephalomyelitis and Guillain-Barre syndrome subsequent to mycoplasma infection. Here, we report a 75-year-old Japanese man who presented somnolence, signs of meningeal irritation, and parkinsonian features with positive serum inflammatory markers and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) pleocytosis. Although anti-Mycoplasma pneumoniae antibody was negative, anti-Gal-C antibody was later detected in his serum. The present case recovered spontaneously without any other specific therapies.

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1111/ncn3.12379
Web of Science
https://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcAuth=JSTA_CEL&SrcApp=J_Gate_JST&DestLinkType=FullRecord&KeyUT=WOS:000530835900010&DestApp=WOS_CPL
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  • DOI : 10.1111/ncn3.12379
  • ISSN : 2049-4173
  • Web of Science ID : WOS:000530835900010

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