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November 2020; 7 (6) ArticleOpen Access

Bickerstaff brainstem encephalitis with or without anti-GQ1b antibody

Keisuke Yoshikawa, Motoi Kuwahara, Miyuki Morikawa, Susumu Kusunoki
First published September 15, 2020, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1212/NXI.0000000000000889
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    Figure 1 Study profile

    BBE = Bickerstaff brainstem encephalitis.

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    Figure 2 Median time until the improvement of the symptom triad

    The consciousness disturbance disappeared earlier in patients with the anti-GQ1b antibody than it did in those without the antibody (p = 0.014). Conversely, there was no significant difference in the median time of ophthalmoplegia and ataxia between the 2 groups. n.s. = not significant.

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