Automatic Evaluation of Test Strips for Anti-Ganglioside Antibodies in Patients with Guillain-Barré Syndrome Using EUROLineScan Software
Read full paper at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=50361#.VDsv21fHRK0 \ Author(s) Chetana Vaishnavi , Chitralekha Behura , Sudesh Prabhakar Affiliation(s) Departments of Gastroenterology and Neurology, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India . ABSTRACT Campylobacter jejuni infection has been implicated in the pathogenesis of Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) due to production of humoral immune response against neural antigens. A case-control study was performed in a tertiary care teaching hospital for the estimation of anti-ganglioside antibodies in GBS patients and their controls. Blood samples were collected from 59 GBS cases, 58 neurological controls (NC) and 60 n...