label: Bickerstaff brainstem encephalitis
label_lc: bickerstaff brainstem encephalitis
description: "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)."