Bickerstaff’s Brainstem Encephalitis (BBE) is a rare but serious autoimmune neurological disorder that affects the brainstem. This crucial part of the brain is responsible for controlling ...

Bickerstaff’s brainstem encephalitis includes subacute lapse of consciousness, ataxia and bilateral paralysis of eye movement, following an infection. Sometimes generalized limb weakness occurs.

A group of scientists including a Northwestern Medicine investigator has discovered a link between a genetic mutation and a rare condition in which a common virus enters the brainstem and causes brain ...

Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of your brain may be done to rule out brainstem encephalitis and Guillain-Barré syndrome. In Miller Fisher syndrome, an MRI is usually normal, but there may be ...

Doctors at Poona Hospital have reported a rare case of Bickerstaff brainstem encephalitis (BBE), an uncommon inflammatory disorder of the central nervous system, in a suspected Guillain-Barré ...