Guillain-Barre syndrome after Cyclospora infection

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 669-671

  Richardson Jr , Robert F ^a   Remler, Bernd F ^a,b   Katirji, Bashar ^a   Murad, M Hatem ^a  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b LOUIS STOKES CLEVELAND VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Autoimmune disorders; Cyclospora; Guillain barrain syndrome

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CYCLOSPORA; DIARRHEA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FECES ANALYSIS; GUILLAIN BARRE SYNDROME; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INFECTION COMPLICATION; MALE; NERVE CONDUCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING TEST; ANIMAL; COCCIDIA; COCCIDIOSIS; FECES; FRUIT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MIDDLE AGED; PARASITOLOGY; POLYRADICULONEUROPATHY;

ANIMALS; COCCIDIOSIS; DIARRHEA; EUCOCCIDIIDA; FECES; FRUIT; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYRADICULONEUROPATHY;

EID: 0032067634     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4598(199805)21:5<669::AID-MUS20>3.0.CO;2-P     Document Type: Article

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