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J. Neurol. Neurosurg. Psychiatr. · Jun 1997
Comparative StudyCytomegalovirus infections and anti-GM2 antibodies in Guillain-Barré syndrome.
- B C Jacobs, P A van Doorn, J H Groeneveld, A P Tio-Gillen, and F G van der Meché.
- Department of Neurology, University Hospital Dijkzigt and Erasmus University, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
- J. Neurol. Neurosurg. Psychiatr. 1997 Jun 1; 62 (6): 641-3.
AbstractTo investigate whether antecedent cytomegalovirus (CMV) infections in patients with Guillain-Barré syndrome are associated with the presence of specific antiganglioside antibodies, acute phase serum samples from 130 patients with Guillain-Barré syndrome and 200 controls were tested. Anti-GM2 IgM antibodies were found more often in patients with Guillain-Barré syndrome with CMV infection (22%) than in patients without the infection (2%) (P = 0.003). CMV infections may elicit anti-GM2 antibodies in susceptible patients, which may contribute to the pathogenesis of Guillain-Barré syndrome associated with CMV.
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