PART 17: Neurologic Disorders
SECTION 3 Nerve and Muscle Disorders
385 Guillain-Barré Syndrome and Other Immune-Mediated Neuropathies
 | Figure 385-1 Postulated immunopathogenesis of GBS associated with C. jejuni infection. B cells recognize glycoconjugates on C. jejuni (Cj) (triangles) that cross-react with ganglioside present on Schwann cell surface and subjacent peripheral nerve myelin. Some B cells, activated via a T... |
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 | Figure 385-2 Glycolipids implicated as antigens in immune-mediated neuropathies. (Modified from HJ Willison, N Yuki: Brain 125:2591, 2002.) |
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