Guillain-Barre syndrome and Campylobacter infection

Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 527-530

  Prasad, K N ^a   Pradhan, S ^a   Nag, V L ^a  

^a SANJAY GANDHI POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAMPYLOBACTER; CHILD; CLASSIFICATION; FECES; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; GUILLAIN BARRE SYNDROME; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CAMPYLOBACTER; CAMPYLOBACTER INFECTIONS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FECES; GUILLAIN-BARRE SYNDROME; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0035469491     PISSN: 01251562     EISSN: 26975718     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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