Guillain-Barre syndrome with severe demyelination mimicking axonopathy

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 514-516

  Bohlega, Saeed A ^a   Stigsby, Bent ^a   Haider, A ^a   McLean, Donald ^a  

^a KING FAISAL SPECIALIST HOSPITAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

axonopathy; brain death; demyelination; Guillain Barre syndrome; pathology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARAB; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEATH; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; DEMYELINATION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; GUILLAIN BARRE SYNDROME; HUMAN; MALE; NERVE BIOPSY; NEUROPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURAL NERVE; ACTION POTENTIAL; BIOPSY; BLINKING; BRAIN; DEMYELINATING DISEASE; FOLLOW UP; HEART RATE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE FIBER; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POLYRADICULONEUROPATHY; TIME;

IMMUNOGLOBULIN;

ACTION POTENTIALS; AXONS; BIOPSY; BLINKING; BRAIN; BRAIN DEATH; DEMYELINATING DISEASES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART RATE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULINS, INTRAVENOUS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYRADICULONEUROPATHY; SURAL NERVE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0030611445     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4598(199704)20:4<514::AID-MUS19>3.0.CO;2-Y     Document Type: Article

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