Campylobacter jejuni isolates from Japanese patients with Guillain- Barre syndrome

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 176, Issue 6 SUPPL., 1997, Pages

  Saida, Takahiko ^a   Kuroki, Shigckazu ^b   Hao, Qi ^b   Nishimura, Masataka ^b   Nukina, Masafumi ^b   Obayashi, Hiroshi ^b  

^a UTANO NATIONAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; GUILLAIN BARRE SYNDROME; HUMAN; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROTYPE;

EID: 0030724370     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/513798     Document Type: Article

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