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Transient immunosuppression: a bridge between infection and the atypical autoimmunity of Guillain–Barré syndrome? by Steiner, I., Rosenberg, G., Wirguin, I.

“…Summary Guillain–Barré syndrome (GBS) is an acute, usually monophasic, disorder of the peripheral nervous system that is assumed to be of immune‐mediated…”
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Hereditary inclusion body myopathy: The Middle Eastern genetic cluster by ARGOV, Z, EISENBERG, I, GRABOV-NARDINI, G, SADEH, M, WIRGUIN, I, SOFFER, D, MITRANI-ROSENBAUM, S

“…Recessively inherited hereditary inclusion body myopathy (HIBM) with quadriceps sparing was initially described only in Jews originating from the region of…”
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Increased severity over generations of Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease type 1A by Steiner, I., Gotkine, M., Steiner-Birmanns, B., Biran, I., Silverstein, S., Abeliovich, D., Argov, Z., Wirguin, I.

“…Background Charcot-Marie-Tooth type 1A (CMT1A) is an autosomal dominant polyneuropathy due to a 1.5 Mb tandem duplication in chromosome 17p11.2, containing the…”
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Oxidative Stress Mediates Impairment of Muscle Function in Transgenic Mice with Elevated Level of Wild-Type Cu/Zn Superoxide Dismutase by Peled-Kamar, M., Lotem, J., Wirguin, I., Weiner, L., Hermalin, A., Groner, Y.

“…Cases of familial amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (fALS; a neurodegenerative disorder) have been reported in which the gene for Cu/Zn superoxide dismutase…”
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14-3-3 protein in the CSF of a patient with Hashimoto's encephalopathy by Vander, T, Hallevy, C, Alsaed, I, Valdman, S, Ifergane, G, Wirguin, I

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Efficacy of repeated intravenous immunoglobulin in severe unresponsive Guillain-Barré syndrome by Farcas, P, Avnun, L, Frisher, S, Herishanu, Y O, Wirguin, I

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Co-morbidity of Emery-Dreifuss muscular dystrophy and a congenital myasthenic syndrome possibly affecting the phenotype in a large Bedouin kindred by Ifergane, G., Al-Sayed, I., Birk, O., Harel, T., Wirguin, I.

“…Emery–Dreifuss muscular dystrophy (EDMD) is an X‐linked humero‐peroneal muscular dystrophy associated with contractures and cardiomyopathy. In a 90 member…”
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'Hyperacute' Guillain-Barré syndrome by Steiner, I, Wirguin, I, Blumen, S C, Dano, M, Raphaeli, G, Schwartz, I, Korn-Lubetzki, I

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Seroconversion of anti-GM1 antibodies in patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis by HAGGIAG, S, STEINER-BIRMANNS, B, WIRGUIN, I, SICSIC, C, BRENNER, T, STEINER, I

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Improvement of SSPE by intrathecal infusion of alpha-IFN by Wirguin, I, Vander, T, Brenner, T, Abramsky, O, Steiner, I

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Thiamine-responsive acute neurological disorders in nonalcoholic patients by Merkin-Zaborsky, H, Ifergane, G, Frisher, S, Valdman, S, Herishanu, Y, Wirguin, I

“…Wernicke's encephalopathy (WE) is most commonly associated with alcoholism, although other causes have also been implicated. In the years 1994-1997, 9 patients…”
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Multiple sclerosis – in need of a critical reappraisal by Steiner, I., Wirguin, I.

“…Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a disease that currently defies clinical and scientific definitions. Despite intensive clinical and basic research, very little is…”
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Presynaptic neuromuscular transmission block in Guillain-Barré syndrome associated with anti-GQ1b antibodies by Wirguin, I, Ifergane, G, Almog, Y, Lieberman, D, Bersudsky, M, Herishanu, Y O

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Cefuroxime-induced encephalopathy by HERISHANU, Y. O, ZLOTNIK, M, MOSTOSLAVSKY, M, PODGAIETSKI, M, FRISHER, S, WIRGUIN, I

“…We describe four patients who developed an encephalopathic syndrome characterized by obtundation or stupor, myoclonic jerks, and asterixis in association with…”
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Monoclonal IgM antibodies to GM1 and asialo-GM1 in chronic neuropathies cross-react with Campylobacter jejuni lipopolysaccharides by Wirguin, I, Suturkova-Milosevic, L, Della-Latta, P, Fisher, T, Brown, Jr, R H, Latov, N

“…We tested monoclonal IgM anti-GM1 and asialo-GM1 antibodies from 6 patients with chronic motor neuropathies for binding to lipopolysaccharides (LPS) from three…”
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Cobalamin-responsive psychosis as the sole manifestation of vitamin B12 deficiency by Masalha, R, Chudakov, B, Morad, M, Rudoy, I, Volkov, I, Wirguin, I

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Acute encephalopathy associated with vigabatrin monotherapy in patients with mild renal failure by IFERGANE, G, MASALHA, R, ZIGULINSKI, R, MERKIN, L, WIRGUIN, I, HERISHANU, Y. O

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Immunomodulation of experimental autoimmune myasthenia gravis with linomide by Karussis, D M, Lehmann, D, Brenner, T, Wirguin, I, Mizrachi-Koll, R, Sicsic, C, Abramsky, O

“…Linomide, a synthetic immunomodulator, increases natural killer (NK) activity and markedly activates several lymphocyte populations in both experimental…”
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Aggravation of human and experimental myasthenia gravis by contrast media by ELIASHIV, S, WIRGUIN, I, BRENNER, T, ARGOV, Z

“…After observing a 72-year-old myasthenic patient develop an acute myasthenic exacerbation following the administration of routine diagnostic IV contrast…”
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Axonal degeneration accompanied by conduction block induced by toxin mediated immune reactivity to GM1 ganglioside in rat nerves by Wirguin, I., Rosoklija, G., Trojaborg, W., Hays, A.P., Latov, N.

“…Immune mechanisms have been implicated in the pathogenesis of motor neuropathy with conduction blocks and of acute axonal neuropathy, and GM1 ganglioside has…”
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