Platform 1: Inflammatory Neuropathies
Thursday July 22, 1999

 8:30 THE MEMBRANE ATTACK COMPLEX OF COMPLEMENT (C5b-9) RESCUES SCHWANN CELLS (SchC) FROM APOPTOSIS IN EXPERIMENTAL ALLERGIC NEURITIS (EAN). Hafer-Macko CE, Koski CL
   
 8:45 MEMBRANE ATTACK COMPLEX OF COMPLEMENT (C5b-9) INDUCES PROLIFERATION AND RESCUE FROM APOPTOSIS OF SCHWANN CELLS. Dashiell SM, Rus H, Koski CL
   
 9:00 T CELL RECOGNITION OF NON PROTEIN ANTIGENS IN GUILLAIN BARRE SYNDROME. Cooper JC, Hughes S, Ben-Smith A, Savage COS, Winer JB
   
 9:15 EXPOSURE TO NITRIC OXIDE DONORS CAN CAUSE AXONAL DEGENERATION: ELECTRICALLY ACTIVE AXONS ARE ESPECIALLY SUSCEPTIBLE. Smith KJ, Kapoor R, Hall SM, Davies M.
   
 9:30 EVIDENCE FOR A COMBINED PRE- AND POSTSYNAPTIC BLOCKADE OF NEUROMUSCULAR TRANSMISSION BY ANTI GQ1B ANTIBODIES FROM PATIENTS WITH MILLER FISHER SYNDROME (MFS). Buchwald B, Bufler J, Carpo M, Nobile-Orazio E, Toyka KV
   
 9:45 ANTI-GQ1B ANTIBODIES CLONED FROM MICE IMMUNISED WITH MILLER FISHER SYNDROME STRAINS OF C. JEJUNI LPS INDUCE NMJ BLOCK. Goodyear CS, Plomp JJ, O'Hanlon GM, Morrison I, Veitch J, Conner J, Molenaar PC, Willison HJ

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