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Nervous System Diseases > Central Nervous System Diseases > Ocular Motility Disorders > Miller Fisher Syndrome
Eye Diseases > Ocular Motility Disorders > Miller Fisher Syndrome
Nervous System Diseases > Cranial Nerve Diseases > Ocular Motility Disorders > Miller Fisher Syndrome
Nervous System Diseases > Central Nervous System Diseases > Brain Diseases > Cerebellar Diseases > Miller Fisher Syndrome
... > Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms > Pathologic Processes > Disease Attributes > Chronic Disease > Post-Infectious Disorders > Guillain-Barre Syndrome > Miller Fisher Syndrome
... > Nervous System Diseases > Neuromuscular Diseases > Peripheral Nervous System Diseases > Polyneuropathies > Polyradiculoneuropathy > Guillain-Barre Syndrome > Miller Fisher Syndrome
... > Immune System Diseases > Autoimmune Diseases > Autoimmune Diseases of the Nervous System > Polyradiculoneuropathy > Guillain-Barre Syndrome > Miller Fisher Syndrome
Nervous System Diseases > Autoimmune Diseases of the Nervous System > Polyradiculoneuropathy > Guillain-Barre Syndrome > Miller Fisher Syndrome
Nervous System Diseases > Demyelinating Diseases > Polyradiculoneuropathy > Guillain-Barre Syndrome > Miller Fisher Syndrome

Preferred term

Miller Fisher Syndrome  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Fisher Syndrome
  • Guillain Barre Syndrome, Miller Fisher Variant
  • Guillain-Barre Syndrome, Miller Fisher Variant
  • Miller-Fisher Syndrome
  • Miller Fisher Variant of Guillain Barre Syndrome
  • Ophthalmoplegia, Ataxia and Areflexia Syndrome
  • Syndrome, Fisher
  • Syndrome, Miller-Fisher

Note

  • entry term FISHER SYNDROME: do not confuse with the Fisher one-and-a-half syndrome, an eye movement disorder caused by a brain stem lesion

Scope note

  • A variant of the GUILLAIN-BARRE SYNDROME characterized by the acute onset of oculomotor dysfunction, ataxia, and loss of deep tendon reflexes with relative sparing of strength in the extremities and trunk. The ataxia is produced by peripheral sensory nerve dysfunction and not by cerebellar injury. Facial weakness and sensory loss may also occur. The process is mediated by autoantibodies directed against a component of myelin found in peripheral nerves. (Adams et al., Principles of Neurology, 6th ed, p1313; Neurology 1987 Sep;37(9):1493-8)

History note

  • 1998

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D019846

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