Bickerstaff brainstem encephalitis with or without anti-GQ1b antibody
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- Received June 16, 2020
- Accepted in final form August 18, 2020
- First Published September 15, 2020.
Author Disclosures
- Keisuke Yoshikawa, MD, PhD,
- Motoi Kuwahara, MD, PhD,
- Miyuki Morikawa, MD, PhD and
- Susumu Kusunoki, MD, PhD
- Keisuke Yoshikawa, MD, PhD,
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- Motoi Kuwahara, MD, PhD,
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(1)Teijin, speaker honoraria (2)Nihon Pharmaceutical, speaker honoraria (3)Japan Blood Products Organization, speaker honoraria (4)CSL Behring, speaker honoraria
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- Miyuki Morikawa, MD, PhD and
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- Susumu Kusunoki, MD, PhD
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(1)Teijin Pharma, speaker honoraria, (2) Nihon Pharmaceuticals, speaker honoraria, (3) Japan Blood Products Organization, speaker honoraria, (4) Biogen, speaker honoraria, (5) Novartis, speaker honoraria, (6) Dainippon Sumitomo, speaker honoraria, (7) Kyowa Kirin, speaker honoraria, (8) CSL Behring, speaker honoraria, (9) Pfizer, speaker honoraria, (10) Alexion, speaker honoraria, and (11) Chugai, speaker honoraria
(1) Journal of Neuroimmunology, editorial board member, 11 years, (2) Neurology and Clinical Neuroscience, editor-in-chief, 2 years, (3) JMA Journal, 2 years
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(1) Novartis, (2) Dainippon Sumitomo Pharma, (3)Sanofi, (4) Japan Blood Products Organization, (5) Ohtsuka, (6) Kyowa Kirin, (7) Daiichi Sankyo, (8) Eisai, (9) Takeda, and (10) Nihon Pharmaceuticals
(1)Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology of Japan, 18H02745, principal investigator, 2018-2020
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- Correspondence
Dr. Kusunoki kusunoki-tky{at}umin.ac.jp
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