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Stuart D. Cook, MD; Peter C. Dowling, MD; Margaret R. Murray, PhD; John N. Whitaker, MD

Arch Neurol. 1971;24(2):136-144.

Abstract
Sera from 26 of 31 patients with the Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) demyelinated peripheral nervous tissue cultures. The GBS sera produced primary demyelination rather than Wallerian degeneration. Demyelination was complement-dependent. Cytotoxic effects were limited to neural tissue. Fractionation of sera revealed demyelinating activity in both 19S and 7S fractions. Serum demyelinating factors were not specific for GBS and were also found in some patients with other neurologic disorders

Author Affiliations
New York

From the Saul R. Korey Department of Neurology and Unit for Research in Aging, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, and the departments of neurology and surgery and the Laboratory for Cell Physiology, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York.

Footnotes
Accepted for publication Sept 23, 1970.

Read before the 21st annual meeting of the American Academy of Neurology, Washington, April 1969. Reprint requests to Neurological Institute, 710 W 168th St, New York 10032 (Dr. Cook).

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