Guillain-Barre syndrome: Delayed diagnosis following anaesthesia

Paediatric Anaesthesia

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 539-542

  Jones, Gareth D ^a   Wilmshurst, Jo M ^a   Sykes, Kim ^a   Murdoch, Ian A ^a  

^a GUY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anaesthesia; Guillain Barre syndrome; Postoperative

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOMODULATING AGENT;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; GUILLAIN BARRE SYNDROME; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; MORBIDITY; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT PLANNING; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; METABOLISM; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROTEIN CEREBROSPINAL FLUID LEVEL;

ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID PROTEINS; CHILD; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; GUILLAIN-BARRE SYNDROME; HUMANS; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD;

EID: 0032585996     PISSN: 11555645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9592.1999.00396.x     Document Type: Article

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