Cytomegalovirus infection and Guillain-Barré syndrome

Neurology

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1472-1473

  Numazaki, Kei ^a   Chiba, Shunzo ^a  

^a NONE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOMEGALIC INCLUSION BODY DISEASE; HUMAN; NOTE; POLYRADICULONEUROPATHY; VIROLOGY;

CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTIONS; HUMANS; POLYRADICULONEUROPATHY;

EID: 0031278858     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: 1526632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.49.5.1472-c     Document Type: Letter

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