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Bickerstaff brainstem encephalitis

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Link to WHO Definition

Bickerstaff brainstem encephalitis – http://id.who.int/icd/entity/163316971

Bickerstaff brain stem encephalitis (BBE) is a rare post-infectious neurological disease characterised by the association of external ophthalmoplegia, ataxia and disturbance of consciousness (drowsiness, stupor or coma) or hyperreflexia.