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Bickerstaff brainstem encephalitis

Bickerstaff's brainstem encephalitis (BBE) is a rare post-infectious neurological disease characterized by the association of external ophthalmoplegia, ataxia, lower limb arreflexia, extensor plantar response and disturbance of consciousness (drowsiness, stupor or coma).

Stroke

Sudden impairment of blood flow to a part of the brain due to occlusion or rupture of an artery to the brain.

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	IVIG- responsive multiple cranial neuropathy: a pharyngo-facial variant of Guillain-Barre syndrome.
	Unal-Cevik I, Onal MZ, Odabasi Z, Tan E. Acta Neurol Belg. 2009;109(4):317-21.
	Bickerstaff brainstem encephalitis, stroke, diabetes mellitus, vasculitis, sarcoidosis, Sjogren's syndrome, Melkersson-Rosenthal Syndrome, trauma, infectious diseases, toxicity, neoplasm, facial onset sensory and motor neuronopathy (FOSMN) and other degenerative diseases were excluded.