A Case of Acute Motor Axonal Type Guillain-Barr Syndrome with Anti-GM1 Antibody and Anti-GD1 Antibody.

Kim,  Tae Hong; Cho,  Nam Cheol; Park,  Hyun Woo; Cha,  Jae Kwan; Hwang,  Kyu Geun

Case Report

Journal of the Korean Child Neurology Society 1998;6(2):382-387.
Published online May 30, 1998.

A Case of Acute Motor Axonal Type Guillain-Barr Syndrome with Anti-GM1 Antibody and Anti-GD1 Antibody.

Tae Hong Kim, Nam Cheol Cho, Hyun Woo Park, Jae Kwan Cha, Kyu Geun Hwang

¹Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, Dong-a University, Pusan, Korea.
²Department of Neurology, College of Medicine, Dong-a University, Pusan, Korea.

Abstract

Acute motor axonal Guillain-Barr syndrome is a paralytic disorder of abrupt onset, characterized electrophysiologically by near-normal terminal latencies, preserved nerve conduction velocity with low CAMP amplitude without a conduction block, and early appearing nerve inexcitability and by sparing sensory fibers. Most cases have antecedental infection with Campylobacter jejuni and have antibodies directed toward GM1 ganglioside-like epitopes. We have experienced a case of primary axonal type of Guillain-Barr syndrome in a 14-year-old female patient, who has symptoms of difficulty in swallowing and progressive flaccid paralysis associated with anti-GM1 antibody and anti-GD1 antibody.

Key Words: Acute axonal Guillain-Barr syndrome, Anti-GM1 antibody, Anti-GD1 antibody