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High GM1 antibody is associated with.
a. Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
b. Multifocal Motor Neuropathy.
c. Multiple Sclerosis.
d. Progressive multifocal leucoencephalopathy.

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a slowly progressive motor weakness & atrophy evolving over years in the distribution of selected nerve trunks a/w sites of persistent focal motor conduction block in the same nerve trunks..

arms more affected than legs..
3/4 of the patients are male

about half of the patients have high titers of polyclonal IgM Ab to the ganglioside GM1

Rx: high dose IVIg
cyclophosphamide for refractory patients..

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Most of the medicines nowadays, especially certain anti-psychotic drugs tend to carry with them muscle spasm side effects that are so annoying to the patients concerned.

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MMN is clinically an important differential diagnosis of ALS as it is treatable; riluzole only gives short term benefit in ALS in terms of prolonged survival.

anti GQ 1b antibodies - Miller Fischer variant of Guillaine Barre syndrome.

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