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Bickerstaff Brainstem Encephalitis. A Rare Entity in Children

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Title: Bickerstaff Brainstem Encephalitis. A Rare Entity in Children

Authors: Muhammad Saeed, Mian Tahir Ali Shah

Journal: National Journal of Health Sciences

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Y 2024-10-01 2025-12-31
Y 2023-07-01 2024-09-30
Y 2022-07-01 2023-06-30

Publisher: National Institute of Blood Disease Welfare Society

Country: Pakistan

Year: 2021

Volume: 6

Issue: 3

Language: en

Keywords: magnetic resonance imagingAutoimmuneivigBickerstaff Brain Stem EncephalitisHyperreflexiaCSF PCRAnti-GQ1b antibody

Categories
Encephalitis (5) Autoimmune Diseases (175) Case Reports (479) Pediatrics (13616) Neurology (7533)

Abstract

Fisher and Bickerstaff, in the 1950s, reported some cases with distinctive features of ophthalmoplegia and ataxia. Bickerstaff’sBrainstem Encephalitis (BBE) is an uncommon nervous system disorder characterized by clinical signs and symptoms including acuteophthalmoplegia, ataxia, and impaired consciousness. In Bickerstaff brainstem encephalitis, hyperreflexia was noted which support of a centralpathology.

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