Taber's Medical Dictionary
Bickerstaff brainstem encephalitis
(bik′ĕr-staf″ )
[Edwin R. Bickerstaff, U.K. physician, 1920-2007]
An autoimmune disorder characterized by acute paralysis of the extraocular muscles, associated with ataxic gait, drowsiness, and extensor plantar reflexes or loss of sensation on one side of the body. It is often associated with the Miller-Fisher variant of Guillain-Barré syndrome.
Citation
Venes, Donald, editor. "Bickerstaff Brainstem Encephalitis." Taber's Medical Dictionary, 25th ed., F.A. Davis Company, 2025. Nursing Central, nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/739633/all/Bickerstaff_brainstem_encephalitis.
Bickerstaff brainstem encephalitis. In: Venes DD, ed. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2025. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/739633/all/Bickerstaff_brainstem_encephalitis. Accessed April 12, 2025.
Bickerstaff brainstem encephalitis. (2025). In Venes, D. (Ed.), Taber's Medical Dictionary (25th ed.). F.A. Davis Company. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/739633/all/Bickerstaff_brainstem_encephalitis
Bickerstaff Brainstem Encephalitis [Internet]. In: Venes DD, editors. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2025. [cited 2025 April 12]. Available from: https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/739633/all/Bickerstaff_brainstem_encephalitis.
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