Guillain-Barre syndrome: Multifactorial mechanisms versus defined subgroups

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 176, Issue 6 SUPPL., 1997, Pages

  Van Der Meche F G A ^a   Visser, L H ^a   Jacobs, B C ^a   Endtz, H Ph ^a   Meulstee, J ^a   Van Doorn, P A ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIARRHEA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; GUILLAIN BARRE SYNDROME; HUMAN; PLASMAPHERESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBCLAVIAN STEAL SYNDROME; BLOOD; CLASSIFICATION; CYTOMEGALIC INCLUSION BODY DISEASE; IMMUNOLOGY; INFECTION; POLYRADICULONEUROPATHY; REVIEW;

AUTOANTIBODY; GANGLIOSIDE GM1; IMMUNOGLOBULIN;

AUTOANTIBODIES; CAMPYLOBACTER INFECTIONS; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTIONS; G(M1) GANGLIOSIDE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULINS, INTRAVENOUS; INFECTION; PLASMA EXCHANGE; POLYRADICULONEUROPATHY;

EID: 0030678629     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/513779     Document Type: Conference Paper

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